DIY Hacks & How To’s: Haunted House Automation With Pressure Plates

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DIY Hacks & How To’s: Haunted House Automation With Pressure Plates
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One of the best parts of a haunted house is the automated special effects. To make sure that the effects are well timed, you need sensors to detect where your guests are in the haunted house. Over the next few weeks I am going to show you a variety of simple sensors that you can use to automate your Halloween setup.make_halloweenbadgeV2 (1)

This week I am going to show you how to make a simple DIY pressure plate switch. This is just a pressure sensitive switch that is activated when someone steps on it. A sensor like this is really useful for effects that require someone to be in a specific location.  I also give several examples of ways that you can use it to activate special effects in a haunted house.

Here’s the project on Make: Projects and on Instructables.

See the full series here.

2 thoughts on “DIY Hacks & How To’s: Haunted House Automation With Pressure Plates

  1. Erica says:

    If I wanted to rewire Christmas lights to turn on or off with a pressure plate, how could I go about doing that?

  2. DIY Hacks & How To's: Pressure Plate Switch - Best Skills says:

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My name is Jason Poel Smith. I have an undergraduate degree in Engineering that is 50% Mechanical Engineering and 50% Electrical Engineering. I have worked in a variety of industries from hydraulic aerial lifts to aircraft tooling. I currently spend most of my time chasing around my new baby. In my spare time I make the how-to series "DIY Hacks and How Tos."

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