Automating a device BUT

#1

Hi everyone,
Because of our neighbor’s cat, our cat started spraying around the house (territorial issues)
To keep her out I will be using a battery operated water sprayer. (So far this is the most humain way of doing it)
But I need to add a motion sensor to it.

I am not an electronic engineer but I’m somewhat familiar with simple DIY electronic projects.

This is the sprayer
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PDL5CR6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3MOHWFSYAYAWR&psc=1

so my options look like,
a) Add something to push button part where it’ll connect the circut
b) Or use one of theese with handle
https://www.amazon.com/MicroBot-Push-Wireless-Automation-Platinum/dp/B01FQN2T2W/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=robotic+button+push&qid=1579203575&sr=8-4

I’m open to all suggestion (both for the project or the cat situation LOL)

Can anybody point me to a right direction of building something for this…

Thank you all

#2

Decades ago, there was a guy who set up a motion detector with a spinkler. If you walked in front of his house, the sprinkler would go off, presumably to ward kids off. It might take some work, but the parts are kinda cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/Orbit-57101-1-Inch-Inline-Sprinkler/dp/B00004S1V3/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=sprinkler+valve&qid=1581053987&sr=8-8

You could run a hose from the faucet to an adaptor that screws into this, which then feeds into a sprinkler head. The motion sensor would be connected inline with the control wires. I’m not sure exactly how much juice is needed to open the valve, but I know from experience it’s possible. (I never got wet, but I do remember it going off whenever I walked by it to the park.)

#3

Was that guy you:))) :rofl::rofl::joy::joy::rofl::rofl::joy::joy: