Build a Remote Control Deadbolt

Step 5 Wiring

DISCLAIMER! -- I am not an electrician. I may be breaking some golden rule of electricity here, but this works for me. If anyone out there who is more qualified than me spots anything wrong with my wiring advice, please post a comment and I'll change the instructions (As soon as I change the wiring on my lock).


I used a very long PC Power cord for my lock. Any extension cord long enough to get you to your wall outlet should work great. It may be a good idea to route the cord, maybe even secure it along its route before beginning to wire the solenoids. My wiring is depicted (poorly) below. I went with a grounded 3-prong power cord, but haven't yet connected the ground to anything. Once everything is wired, plug the end into a spare power strip (turned off) and turn the strip on to test your wiring.

The image below looks like the white (gray) and black wires cross. They do not in real life. I apologize for the crappy MS-Paint picture, but follow the colors and not the wire paths and you should be good.

Comments

[eemanuel]

x10 is awesome, but I live in Europe, so I have 220-230V on my socket, which means I can't use it :(

[chamag1996]

Couldn't you use a travel adapter of some sort? I'm sure that could work.

[dan_ce]

no, would need a transformer.

[ruaidhriodj]

you could always look at car lock solenoids, and just use a 12 volt system?

[eemanuel]

just take it out, they are in parallel so if you take out one solenoid just ignore the wires that were going to it.
here's how the "diagram" will look with only one

[coilsinamotor]

that doesnt work parallel means that it will draw more amps but not volts i prettey sure u would hook the solenoids on series to draw 220V but only a few amp hope that helps ;)

[Ianmck12]

 how should it look if i only use one solenoid.