DIY Sub $100 Solar Activated / Powered Chicken Coop Door Automatic Plans for Free!

I endeavored to make the cheapest solar activated coop door. Complete with free details for you to copy to your heart's content.
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[@wuzrobbd3097]

Thanks for making this video. I'm a rookie with very limited understanding of how the magic smoke flows thru wires and this was very helpful

[@PHATSOBIG]

I have watched this video many times. I have done everything you said. But the doors stays open all the time I even tried several different photo switches. I have looked for awhile now and have read things about the photo switch being to high of amps

[@johnthebikeguy]

Mine works. I’m guessing that your wiring is faulty or the one of the components is.
Amperage doesn’t affect how the switch operates - the battery has a maximum amperage it can generate, yet runs a variety of components of different power requirements. Voltage matters. You can ignore the solar switch and just run it on time. Eventually my solar switch broke, and I just opted for a timed schedule of opening/closing.

[@johnthebikeguy]

Or the photo switch is overly sensitive and it always thinks it’s daytime.

[@PHATSOBIG]

​@@johnthebikeguy the wiring is good I just took the wires from the photo switch and put a manual light switch in and it works. I will try different photo switches until I find one that does the job. My battery is a car battery I have a 400watt solar system charging everything, your wiring works great it's the photo switch I'm using.

[@johnthebikeguy]

@@PHATSOBIG I inevitably put the battery in the house, put a trickle charger on it. I ran thermostat wire out to the coop from there (because it was the cheapest with multiple wires). For my timer, I used a smart 12v switch that I can program timers from my phone.

[@LJFugget]

Just a question - is it possible to run 2 doors off of 1 controller?

[@porcupineconcepts2804]

Probably, just as long as you want them to do the exact same thing.

[@LJFugget]

@@porcupineconcepts2804 thank you