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'MakeCycle' - Post "offered" and "wanted" materials, salvaged items, etc.
Started by joshkopel at 04-11-2006 2:14 PM. Topic has 0 replies.
  
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 04-11-2006, 2:14 PM
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joshkopel
Joined on 04-05-2006
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OFFERED: Garage opener motors and control electronics
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I have available to me an almost unlimited supply of old
garage door openers (in a dumpster behind where I work).
Each one
consists of a fairly powerful (1/4 to 1/2 HP) electric motor, and a
control board to run it. Some of the controllers have radio receivers
(for the remote), and you can get replacement remotes if you want to
use them. The controllers a have a variety of useful parts on them
like relays and microswitch limit switches and some standard through
hole components. There are also useful machanical parts like gear
trains and chain drive sprockets.
The same dumpster also collects lots of track, rollers, and the doors themselves.
If
you are building a fairly simple mechanical device the control boards
would be a great ready made solution for cheap motor control.
I
have already taken a bunch of these. If anyone would like me to
collect some for them they would just have to promise to retrieve them
from me (so I am not forced to collect more!). It may take me a while to collect them if I get a lot of requests.
Josh (mrigneous at yahoo.com)
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