I don't have pictures to post now as I'm still building but I decided it was time to engineer a control box for my mojo's for field hunting since I often have ducks and geese using the same field.
I started with the power source since I hate having to charge batteries for each mojo individually and was able to find a couple 12v lead acid batteries someone was giving away free but any rechargeable 12v battery will work. I then looked online to find a remote kit so that I don't have to run back and forth or run a hardwire to my blind to turn them on or off. The wiring to the battery was common sense, red to positive and 1 of the blacks (there are 2) to the negative. I then chose a 12v to 6v voltage reducer to make the power usable by the mojo's without frying the 6v motors. I took the white lead from the remote and wired it to the red lead on the reducer and the other black lead and wired it to the black next to the red on the reducer. There is a yellow lead to supply 6v power and a black ground. These will be wired to the backs of the binding posts inside the box.
At this point I am waiting on my remaining materials but I will post pictures and follow-up instructions once they arrive in a few days. All that's left at this point is making my wire leads of various lengths for each decoy and assembling my box to house everything. This entails cutting my wires and putting spades on 1 end to attach to decoy power leads and banana plugs on the other end to plug into the box. The box will get holes drilled in it to mount the binding posts into and have power run to each set of posts.
I am a firm believer in Murphy's Law so I overengineer my projects, that being said this can be done cheaper.
Supply List:
remote - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PI9E4K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $15.39
voltage reducer - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MA59QIK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $17.99
plugs - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005E1CGZC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $16.45
binding posts - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D6AICR4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $10.40
box - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W3WC84/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $7.99
Total: $68.22 (not bad considering a single mojo remote control goes for $39.99)
You will also need speaker wire or lamp cord to run to each decoy so that cost will vary depending what you use and how far you want to run each decoy from the control box. Sorry for such a rambling post but I hope this helps somebody who has wanted to tackle a project like this.
I started with the power source since I hate having to charge batteries for each mojo individually and was able to find a couple 12v lead acid batteries someone was giving away free but any rechargeable 12v battery will work. I then looked online to find a remote kit so that I don't have to run back and forth or run a hardwire to my blind to turn them on or off. The wiring to the battery was common sense, red to positive and 1 of the blacks (there are 2) to the negative. I then chose a 12v to 6v voltage reducer to make the power usable by the mojo's without frying the 6v motors. I took the white lead from the remote and wired it to the red lead on the reducer and the other black lead and wired it to the black next to the red on the reducer. There is a yellow lead to supply 6v power and a black ground. These will be wired to the backs of the binding posts inside the box.
At this point I am waiting on my remaining materials but I will post pictures and follow-up instructions once they arrive in a few days. All that's left at this point is making my wire leads of various lengths for each decoy and assembling my box to house everything. This entails cutting my wires and putting spades on 1 end to attach to decoy power leads and banana plugs on the other end to plug into the box. The box will get holes drilled in it to mount the binding posts into and have power run to each set of posts.
I am a firm believer in Murphy's Law so I overengineer my projects, that being said this can be done cheaper.
Supply List:
remote - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PI9E4K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $15.39
voltage reducer - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MA59QIK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $17.99
plugs - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005E1CGZC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $16.45
binding posts - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D6AICR4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $10.40
box - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W3WC84/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $7.99
Total: $68.22 (not bad considering a single mojo remote control goes for $39.99)
You will also need speaker wire or lamp cord to run to each decoy so that cost will vary depending what you use and how far you want to run each decoy from the control box. Sorry for such a rambling post but I hope this helps somebody who has wanted to tackle a project like this.
