Painting the dome

[LonelySpoon]

I've just been doing some maintenance painting of my 3m dome.

As it's 2m off the ground as well, this used to be a pain.

Now that I've installed the remote fob relays from Jaycar, I can just stay in one spot on the ladder and rotate new areas to paint towards me!

Best outdoor painting experience I've had since the 1960's...

Neville
LSO

[leon]

Now how clever is that, very practical indeed.:lol:

Leon:thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

I'm glad someone enjoys painting :)

[oska]

That's some ladderal thinking :thumbsup:

[LonelySpoon]

:bowdown:

[strongmanmike]

Yes, very nifty approach indeed :D. Be good to have that capability with my 3M Scooedome too :question: the previous model came with a remote control but not the latest versions, wonder if I could do the same as you? What did you do regarding the relays from JayCar?

Mike

[LonelySpoon]

Thanks Mike.

Basically, after bashing my head trying to incorporate them into the Lesvedome setup instead of manual switches, I put them in parallel and used two switches to alternate between the systems.

There are a few YouTubes about using relays to switch DC motors so I followed them. I can probably put together a wiring diagram if wanted.

The relay set is:

https://www.jaycar.com.au/4-channel-wireless-remote-control-relay-with-2-key-fobs/p/LR8824

(It was on special for $49.95 when I got it. $99.95 is a bit steep!)

Neville
LSO

[strongmanmike]

Hmm? Ok, thanks Nev :question: I guess my dome is ultimately intended to be fully computer controlled and for isolated, remote, unattended, even autonomous operations, sure, but I wish Scopedome hadn't gotten rid of this functionality, having a remote control FOB to be able to turn the dome on demand, without being inside and without a computer, as you have illustrated, seems like a useful thing to me..? :confuse3:

Mike