Re: Swish Autoglide stuff

[Stephen <yahoo@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 22:44:34 +0100, you wrote:

>With corded curtain rail, an Appliance module, a 6V power supply,
AND
>a ?9.99 alkaline battery powered cordless screwdriver from Argos... it
might
>just work....
>
>All it needs is a small electronic box of tricks to swap the
connections to
>screwdriver each time it's powered up from the 6V PSU via the
appliance
>module. That way A1-ON the curtains open, A1-OFF 10 seconds later.
Then
>A1-ON (connections are reversed) curtains close, A1-OFF. Etc.

I have heard of people using electric screwdrivers to open/close
blinds, which no longer seem to come with cords for this purpose but a
rod which rotates: you rotate this with the screwdriver. 

For curtains, what we need is a motor that would clasp the a curtain
cord and rotate it. There is an x10 switch especially for a motor for
this purpose. I imagine it is just a switch that has a momentary
action and that you set how long it stays on for, and it must also
allow for polarity switching too I guess. Am I right? Anyway, the hard
part seems to be finding a motor that you can use with it!

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