Re: watering system, second attempt.

From: Rich Grise (null_at_example.net)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 02:14:05 GMT

andy wrote:

> On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 04:45:33 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:
>
>> andy wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 08:37:00 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>>
>>>> andy <news4@earthsong.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>that's just the way the program i have writes out an image.
>>>>>I've run it through a paint program to make it b/w and smaller:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.niftybits.ukfsn.org/electronics/daily-water-with-chip.png
>>>>
>>>> Can't see any change! Still that awful colour scheme, and still too
>>>> large to view comfortably.
>>>
>>> sorry, i re-did it and then forgot to change the link. it should be:
>>>
>>> http://www.niftybits.ukfsn.org/electronics/daily-water-with-chip-bw.png
>>> http://www.niftybits.ukfsn.org/electronics/daily-water-with-chip-bw.png
>>>
>> All this is to operate your daily tank-dumper?
>>
>> I'd use a $3.95 coffee timer. ;-)
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Rich
>
> what's one of them? how? can you run it off a small solar panel?
>
Oopps, sorry, no. They plug into the wall. It's just a 24-hour clock
motor that turns a wheel with selectable on/off detents.

Glad to hear that you've got the thing going so well.

But it's still a lot of circuitry.

If it's solar powered, why do you need a timer? Aren't we all kinda
standing on one? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Quantcast