Timeline for Best way to bring power to a moving garage door
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| Feb 24, 2018 at 2:10 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Jan 21, 2018 at 20:07 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 15, 2018 at 21:29 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | At least an hour a week in the open position. Twice to three times that in the summer | |
| Jan 15, 2018 at 21:16 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Will the door spend long periods of time in the open or partially open position? | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 21:59 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | In brightness yes, but not too much in hue. Regardless, I'm hoping to keep this question to physical cabling. | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 21:56 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | Wont ever be too dark, with one or two strips of high density leds immediately above. I might paint lines on the floor, and if say 95 percent of that region is within 5% of the designed color. Then it reads as clear. Very hard to do while moving, but easier if the check always occurs when the door is fully up. And if it's not fully up and not fully closed, then it's almost certainly opening which I wouldn't worry about instructions, or closing, during which the existing beam would protect against, and I'd almost always be present anyway. | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 21:41 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | Yes. I envision the light bar flashing red when the door starts to go up, and flashing green when it's high enough that my vehicle can fit under. Rpi would process downward facing video to verify no obstructions to the door's path, and if the door stayed open for too long without and motion through the door way, it could text me, or blink lights on my home automation network to get my attention. I could perhaps see having a lithium battery on the door. Then charging contacts that would engage at either end of the doors travel. But a battery has it's own risks and maintenance cost | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 21:20 | comment | added | dandavis | will you need the lights on when the door is up? if not, it can be a bit simpler: Al tape contacts at bottom of door meeting the floor. Pi seems way overkill for LEDs but should work. | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 16:56 | history | asked | Billy left SE for Codidact | CC BY-SA 3.0 |