12 volt wireless

[t.jo13]

I have been working on a movable item for my christmas display for 2 years, and now I just need one more item to make it work the way I want it to. The element has 12 volt smd strips powered by rc batteries , and I need to be able to turn them on and off by wireless. I only want them on for aprox: 3 minute or so, then off. does anyone have any ideas I am stumped at this point.

[rrawlings]

what is your level of tech ability?  I know of a couple of wireless options that could be used if you are tech savy enough to hack a little to get the job done.

[t.jo13]

If its software not so much, but if its mechanical I,m ok for example, I tried to use a rc transmitter and spliced into the trigger control then use a speed control to turn on lights. I could not control voltage good enough.

[rrawlings]

What I was going to suggest would require some electronic hardware skills, but there are many wireless transmitter / receiver packages on ebay.  Do a search for 433MHz and you will find a lot of different combos.  There are some evaluation kits from Linx available from Digikey, but they all start at about $100 but give you 8 channels of control. 

[t.jo13]

I have looked at some of those controls, one is shown. but the transmitter is only 3volts and I need to trigger it too. I really only need one channel. I will look at a couple of you recommendations