Painting the dome

[LonelySpoon (Neville)]

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.

Leon

[TrevorW]

I'm glad someone enjoys painting

[oska (John)]

That's some ladderal thinking

[LonelySpoon (Neville)]

Originally Posted by oska

That's some ladderal thinking

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yes, very nifty approach indeed . Be good to have that capability with my 3M Scooedome too 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 (Neville)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yes, very nifty approach indeed . What did you do regarding the relays from JayCar?

Mike

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-...-fobs/p/LR8824

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

Neville
LSO

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hmm? Ok, thanks Nev 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..?

Mike