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Old 09/23/06, 10:45 PM
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Question solar door opener

I was looking at the henspa site and one of their models has a door opener that at daylight it opens and at night it closes automatically - I am assuming it is light senored. Can anyone give me a name of a solar opener that I could google. I'd like to add that to my henhouse but can't seem to find a place that would sell them. Better yet, anyone know how to put something like that together? From what I could tell from henspa, the door slides up and down at an angle, but there are not any details on it.
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Old 09/24/06, 08:23 PM
 
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Get the parts at the junk yard and use the automatic window motor/control to build a sliding (sideways) door in a track. See the solar/12V photelectric switch in the Alternative Energy Forum to turn it on and off. Seems you could put one together in just a little while.
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