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Hard wire a Sureflap cat flap with battery backup? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got a Sureflap cat flap operated by 4 AA batteries. It doesn't work well on rechargeables, it seems to need 1.5v batteries.

I'm thinking to hardwire it with battery backup (like a Ups). I'm not very experienced in electronics, are there any off the shelf products I could use? I'm assuming the flap runs at 6v and that I can just attach two cables, one to plus, one to min.

If there are no off the shelve products, any recommendations for what I should buy?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not a kiwi but products like this exist.

https://batteryeliminatorstore.com/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Aliexpress sells USB powered ones for $10 incl shipping :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That looked awesome until I saw the prices. $162 is a bit too much for this... Thanks anyway.