Recent content by Mouthpear

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 can install an indicator light to the N.O. of the limit switch. Makes it nice to get a confirmation that the door is closed. Using timers it will only be on for...

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 am trying to get it back in working order. I did manage to upload some video so that may help. Second. When I said Correct and Incorrect, I should have said...

I will be posting tomorrow. New diagrams and videos. Till then don't use either of those two examples in 1 and 3.

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. That is why it is used in Linear Actuators. On the other hand using them is "more complicated". Most people don't know what a diode is much less know how to use...

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 realised I already had mentioned this in several videos. In this video the Single Pole Single Throw Timers and use of external relays is different but the wiring...

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 have died from breathing coco powder or something like that. Saw it on A 1000 Ways to Die show. Two guys in the food storage were messing around and breathed in...

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. Definitely will kill the larva. "Diatomaceous earth (DE) can kill active lice, mites, adult fleas, ticks, and other pests when applied correctly. However, you...

Nice. I use the large empty garlic bottles. I would also do a half and half mix, garlic and DE.

My apologies. I also forgot to mention that I really do not thing that the difference between food grade and regular DE, has anything to do with how abrasive it is. The diatoms that it is made from are very tiny and no matter how big they get, their general structure says the same. Meaning they...

In short you don't. Nothing will happen if both the Timers are on at the same time. In fact sending + power to both sides of a motor is often used to power lock/brake a motor. Many people also will have + power to both sides of the motor as the default. There are times when you want the...

You don't need food grade DE for dust baths. Humans have way less of a hardy digestestional track than most animals. The DE that get used for many dust baths is not food grade. As in this product from Chewy. Notice how it says "For animal use only" Why would they say that if it was food...

The thing is that the abrasiveness of DE is so small that it only hurts the tiniest of creatures which is why it is great for killing mites and fleas. Other than that you can look up videos on people who actually eat/drink it daily for health benefits. So...

I am writing to let you know I have read you comment and will do a write-up soon. I am not ignoring you in the least. However there are many options when using circuit protection and I want to cover a few of them. But out of all of them I will at least give you these little gems. They are...

Do you have links to those Articles/Photos?

I like the ADOR1 and that it has the Last Call feature but to me I really don't see the point. Most chickens, that don't make it the first time, will usually decide to go find selter as high as possible and won't sit there in front of the door just in case it opens back up.