JAKE KREMER
Built during the summer of 2020, the purpose of the Fish Feeder 5000 was to deploy one cup of fish food every 12 hours into a pond. The system worked using a small lead-acid battery charged by a solar panel which supplied power to a delay relay module and motor. The specified time on and off could be set using the delay relay module. A five gallon bucket was completely filled so the system could autonomously operate for days on end without needing to be refilled. The bottom of the 5 gallon bucket was removed and replaced with a large funnel which lead into a 2" PVC pipe. When powered on, the motor would turn a corkscrew inside the pipe and the food would be pushed out of the tube into the pond. The whole system was mounted inside a wooden frame.
Unfortunately, the Fish Feeder 5000 operated for a full year until it was destroyed by an unexpected bear in September of 2021 who also wanted a taste of the fish food; the system was not engineered to be bear-proof, as shown in the pictures at the top of the page and below.
