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    Kitchen timer to open relay help please.

    Before I purchase the parts, could someone just check that I have everything correct. 2 x diodes 1 x 10k resistor 1 x 82k resistor 1 x 100k resistor 1 x 555 timer 1 x 22uF capacitor (polarised) 2 x 10nF capacitors (non polarised) 1 x 12v relay 1 x NPN transistor (such as a 2N2903)...
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    Kitchen timer to open relay help please.

    ya, sorry, I did mean closed, not open and I intended to run the relay from a seperate power source (12 volts) as the timer works off of 3 volts. Thanks for your helps, I will buy the components recomended and see if I can get it working. Thanks a lot for your help and I will post more work...
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    Kitchen timer to open relay help please.

    The kitchen timer I am talking about is the small cheap battery operated type, but I don't have access to an oscilloscope. I am (just about) adept enough to work out the scr (ahhh google you saved me again). If it does give off 1.5 volts, is this enough to switch a relay (I can't seem to find...
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    Kitchen timer to open relay help please.

    Hi all, and thanks in advance for reading and for any assistance offered. I am fairly new to electronics and have built a few circuits from schematics recently, and am now looking to try some things that I would use for my airsoft site (skirmish) in the UK. The 1st one is as follows :-...

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