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    Mouthpear replied to the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door.
    This is just FYI. Using SPDT switches, if you wire the power source to the Common of the switches, and the diodes Common Cathode, you...
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    Mouthpear reacted to workmoore's post in the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door with Like Like.
    @Mouthpear Thanks again for all the info and links! I altered your limit switch diagram just a bit. Not sure about everybody's...
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    Mouthpear reacted to JakeCpuNut's post in the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door with Like Like.
    Sighhhh. I guess I should have done more research.. Dead battery this morning and door only opened about 2 inches. I have a 10 watt...
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    Mouthpear reacted to jthornton's post in the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door with Like Like.
    I'm a bit embarrassed with the condition of the control center. I've placed an order with the maintenance supervisor for a larger shelf...
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    Mouthpear reacted to jthornton's post in the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door with Like Like.
    My Coop Deux has a Rpi 3 with a 7" touch screen and USB speakers as well as Internet. Sounds like we both like to tinker. JT
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    Mouthpear reacted to jthornton's post in the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door with Like Like.
    I was speaking of the video with the photo cell and through beam and a DIN rail full of stuff... I admire your creativity with the 2...
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    Mouthpear replied to the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door.
    First off I had planned to give you more diagrams but the harddrive I have them on crashed. I had a decades of work on that drive and I...
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    Mouthpear replied to the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door.
    I will be posting tomorrow. New diagrams and videos. Till then don't use either of those two examples in 1 and 3.
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    Mouthpear reacted to workmoore's post in the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door with Like Like.
    @Mouthpear 🙏 Wow, I guess it's true, there really are a gazillion ways to configure a circuit. Just on the motor/switch side of this...
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    Mouthpear replied to the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door.
    You are very welcome. I like using that method but its use is limited and has only one benefit and that is that it uses less wiring...
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    Mouthpear reacted to workmoore's post in the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door with Like Like.
    That all makes sense, really appreciate your reply & thoughts, and look forward to your write-up. Those resettable fuses are cool...
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    Mouthpear reacted to Debbie292d's post in the thread Dust bath with Like Like.
    Food grade DE is way different and safe. To each their own though. I have two macaw parrots that have had it in their cages for over...
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    Mouthpear replied to the thread My DIY Automatic Chicken Door.
    It jumped in my head that showing you, not just telling you, is a better way to set your mind at ease. Was going to make a video but...
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    Mouthpear replied to the thread Dust bath.
    Um but that is almost everything on the planet. Water. You can't breath water either. That doesn't mean it is bad for you. Heck people...
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    Mouthpear replied to the thread Dust bath.
    I would not be too sure about that. Everything I have ever read or seen about DE says that it can and will kill adult fleas and mites...
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