Feeder Timers

[stickerpatch59]

i've bought the 'all seasons' timer from the feed store here in gonzales; $36. work great, had them for 4 yrs with no problems.

[gingib]

THE TIMER and nothing else

[speck1]

Not to hijack the thread, but can you that use the 12 volt batteries tell me how they work? I've only ever used 6 volts. Do you have to use a solar charger, or will a charged battery run the feeder for a good while? Thanks

LWC
You will need to replace your 6v motor with a 12V motor. Very easy to do on most feeders. Use The Timer, bolt on a solar panel switch to 12V battery. Everything just plugs together.

[Gummi Bear]

Not to hijack the thread, but can you that use the 12 volt batteries tell me how they work? I've only ever used 6 volts. Do you have to use a solar charger, or will a charged battery run the feeder for a good while? Thanks

Yes, a charged 6 or 12 volt battery will run the timer.

I've used lantern batteries, motorcycle batteries, and every other imaginable battery through the years.

Now I just buy my sealed batteries at Batteries Plus. I run a 5 watt solar panel on all my feeders (batteries never show low charge with this big sucker!) I buy my solar panels on Amazon, it is about $20. Most of the "feeder solar panels" are maybe ½ watt, and do well to keep a dinky battery charged. I run lights, and other silly stuff on my feeder, so I run big batteries and chargers. To keep from over charging my battery, I do use a charge controller, it is not too expensive (about $20, again)


Solar panel:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0046HE62G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Charge controller:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Q820UK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Gummi Bear]

LWC
You will need to replace your 6v motor with a 12V motor. Very easy to do on most feeders. Use The Timer, bolt on a solar panel switch to 12V battery. Everything just plugs together.

You don't have to replace a motor if you don't want to. DC motors don't care too much what voltage they get.

A 6v motor pushed by 12v will spin twice as fast. I have done this for years. One of my feeders will throw corn nearly back to the stand, 20 yards away!


All that said: the motor from The Timer is a fantastic unit, and the plug that comes with it does make it pretty foolproof. I have a few of them running now as well.

[JackFlash]

HCR. Easy to use and reliable.