Automatic Chicken Door + Solar Module Bundle

Automatic Coop Door is constructed with solid 1 inch dimensional lumber. Indoor / Outdoor rated select grade pine lumber is treated with an environmentally safe, non-toxic treatment which lasts a lifetime and never needs to be re-applied!

At-A-Glance Status LED Lights make it easy to check the status of your coop door from a distance in the dark.

Key Chicken Coop Door Features:

• Automatically Opens and Closes your Coop Door
• Solar operated: 15 Watt solar panel + 12 Volt 5 Ah battery 
• Three modes of operation: Dawn-to-Dusk (A.K.A. Dusk-to-Dawn), Schedule, or Manual
• Internet Enabled - Internet Wi-Fi module sold separately. 
• Freeze Protect - door stays closed when it's too cold outside
• Programmable dawn and dusk delays - delay opening and closing for any amount of time (1 minute to 10 hours).
• Computer driven digital control eliminates frozen mechanical components in winter
• Solid Steel Acme threaded screw drive: True door lockdown. Predators are not able to open it when it is closed.
• Simple installation.  Slide door into cutout in coop, secure with 4 mounting screws (included).
• Manual Control:  Open and close the door manually using the keypad menu. With the optional Wi-Fi module, use the Universal Web App remote control.
• 1 inch dimensional lumber construction - Outdoor rated select grade pine 
• 100% predator proof!  Have peace of mind knowing that your hens are safe at night. Door cannot be opened by raccoons, cougars, bobcats, mink, coyotes, opossums, skunks or any other nighttime predator
• Fully assembled. 

Energy Efficient - Solar Chicken Door Operation:

Our coop door controller is designed to be highly energy efficient, permitting operation by using solar power from the sun.

At its core, Coop Tender Auto Coop Door runs on 12 Volts DC.  Our door controllers come standard capable of running from standard household AC electricity, or from a 12 Volt DC power source.

An AC to DC power converter is built into our coop door controllers which converts your AC electricity to DC voltage.  The AC power consumption is highly efficient at 1 Watt. DC power consumption is less than 50 milliAmps at 12 volts DC.

Battery Backup: Install a 12 Volt 5 Amp-hour SLA DC Battery in the door controller - should electric power fail, the battery will run your door for about 5 days, until your electricity is restored.

A battery charger / maintainer is built into our coop door controllers. When AC power is restored, the backup battery is recharged. 

Solar Operation: Connecting a solar panel allows for Coop Door operation without AC electricity. A 15 Watt solar panel combined with the backup battery above will run your door without AC electricity.  The solar panel will provide power even in low-light situations until full sunlight is available.  Three to four hours of sunlight per day is sufficient to charge and maintain the battery during solar door operation.

[semi-technical] DC power consumption is highly efficient at less than 50 milliamps.  If system voltage gets low, the door controller will go into power save mode which utilizes about 20 milliamps, preserving power until enough sunlight is available to recharge.

Solar Automatic Chicken Door Specifications:

Solar Operation Notes:

15 Watt solar panel + 12 Volt 5Ah SLA battery sufficient to operate the system in most parts of the U.S.See the Direct Normal Solar Irradiance map below to check average Irradiance (solar energy) available in your location. The map shows a gradient color coded chart with 9 levels of Irradiace measured in kWh/M2/Day.

If you live in a light-yellow area on the map, or the area typically receives less than 4.9 kWh/m2/day, it may be necessary to connect a second or larger battery.

In the map above, the light yellow color gradient represents an area with low solar energy. The following link will take you to a PDF version of the map directly from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) website: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/assets/pdfs/solar_dni_2018_01.pdf

Included in your Automatic Chicken Door Solar Bundle:

• Automatic Coop Door Controller
• 12 Volt 5 Ah SLA Coop Door Backup Battery
• 15 Watt Solar Panel
• Coop Door and Frame
• Weather Proof Temperature Module
• IEC AC Power Cord
• Mounting Screws (4 2-inch galvanized wood screws)