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i'm going to make my drop panels pneumatic this year. i am going to have a air cylinder on a manual trigger. but when the panel comes down i want it to hit a sensor and activate noise and a strobe. does anybody have any ideas on a sensor i could use.. or any advise

also i wanted to put a static torso in the drop panel to scare... does any one have a idea on what type or which torso would be a great scare.

thanks

-eric

you could use a magnet break sensor like the ones used in window and door alarms like this mcmastercarr number
8039A14

when the panel is up the magnet keeps the switch open when it drops the switch closes. you can wire it so that it switches 12v to trigger a relay for 120v

you can also use the switch going to the air cylinder that switches on the solenoid just wire it to a relay so that when you press the trigger button it will also trigger the relay and turn on what ever you have it connected to

ummm... i'm lost on what to do. i get where the magnet would work but i don't get how the magnet would work for triggering a strobe and sound

thats where the relay comes in when the magnet switches it can send 12v/24v to a relay and then the relay can switch 120v turning on the strobe and it can be attached to the play button of an audio player.

you could also use a a picoboo FrightProps - Halloween Props, Pneumatic Props, Animated Props, Halloween Accessories like the f104 it could control the cylinder, strobe and it has a built in sound player so it would do all 3 in what ever order you wanted when you pressed the trigger button. but it would be $90

okayy.... now i get it... i think i might use this. if i have two drop panels.. would i have to get twp picoboo's for them if i wanted them to go off at a different time?

sadly yes, as they would need to be independent of each other

okay.. i guess i will just do one on a picoboo. and have the other on just a air cylinder with nothing else.. just for some noise

even with out sound the effect is great and you can always get another later

yeah.. that is true.. or if the drop panels are seperated enough i could switch out the inputs to the other panel...

well you would also have to switch the light and sound for each one so that it wouldn't turn on the other one which could be alittle difficult