Electric Gate - have it open ready as you arrive

[buzzer123]

Thank you for all your suggestions guys - really appreciated.

Ha Ha - Thanks tony. No the client is a hippy !! (think catweasel but a really nice chap who has become my friend over the years) He lives off grid in a cabin with no power - compost loo - water from bore hole etc

He has come into some money (deceased relative I assume) and is now going for gold getting power to his house and an an electric gate as well as a septic tank to bring himself up to 21st century living standards.

I am doing all the groud prep work and want to get it good for him as he does not really have any idea.

This is the reason I want to know roughly what Im talking about before I talk to local electricians so that I do not appear totally stupid

He does not have lots of land Tony (postage sized stamp) and lives rurally next to a local estates wood who have now kindly given him permission to bring power cable down through their wood.

So I was thinking a push button in the car with private radio code or something so only the customer can open the gate as he drives down the public lane towards his entrance.....the electric gate is going to take six seconds to open from once its pressed so I thought it could be open ready for him - at his request Batman style

Any other ideas gratefully received.

Kindest

 

[ruston]

Thank you for all your suggestions guys - really appreciated.

Ha Ha - Thanks tony. No the client is a hippy !! (think catweasel but a really nice chap who has become my friend over the years) He lives off grid in a cabin with no power - compost loo - water from bore hole etc

He has come into some money (deceased relative I assume) and is now going for gold getting power to his house and an an electric gate as well as a septic tank to bring himself up to 21st century living standards.

I am doing all the groud prep work and want to get it good for him as he does not really have any idea.

This is the reason I want to know roughly what Im talking about before I talk to local electricians so that I do not appear totally stupid

He does not have lots of land Tony (postage sized stamp) and lives rurally next to a local estates wood who have now kindly given him permission to bring power cable down through their wood.

So I was thinking a push button in the car with private radio code or something so only the customer can open the gate as he drives down the public lane towards his entrance.....the electric gate is going to take six seconds to open from once its pressed so I thought it could be open ready for him - at his request Batman style

Any other ideas gratefully received.

Kindest

Most gates will come with this facility , although I am not sure of the range on a standard remote.

 

[ruston]

Duplicate

 

[Flanders]

The gate open method is basically a switch that requires 2 wires . So I would install a reciever at the point on the drive where you would like gate to start opening and run a 4 core swa from this point to the gate controller (2 cables for the switch and 2 spare for future use ) im not sure on the cable size without calculating but I would of thought 2.5mm would do the trick . The receiver can be operated by a key phob.

 

[buzzer123]

Thank you Flanders - will look into that

 

[Flanders]

Thank you Flanders - will look into that

Ok but Just speak to your electrian first to check cable size

 

[Taylortwocities]

You/the client are going to need a certified gate installer. There are a lot of safety features to build in and the installer will have a number of solutions for the customer’s requirements.

Powered gates: Ensuring powered doors and gates are safe - Equipment and machinery

www.hse.gov.uk

The last one I did the Sparks for had a nice app on a mobile phone, so the client could open the gates as he turned off the motorway.

Really, find a gate installer and give himself the problem.

 

[static zap]

Really, find a gate installer and give himself the problem.

For unattended operation , you have to think
"Hapless entitled child ,climbing on gate -gets caught in workings - Compo case "
--expensive sensors- !
(or a Butler with CCTV)

 

[jackhammerJIM]

Sim card and relay combination would eliminate a long run of cable . Dial the number to open the gate .

 

[marconi]

Re: Taylortwocities #17: very good advice about safe electric gates which should not be ignored.

By the by, I spent an enjoyable couple of days restoring some electric gates to wireless remote, keypad, fob and hall intercom button control after the gates had been necessarily modified to avoid crush and car damage but alas left with some difficult to find wiring faults - the gates and their control had not been tested before modifications so the company argued they were original faults. The safety modifications were done to prevent another episode of expensive damage to cars and people which remained in the gates' swept area.

Top tip - go for wireless/wifi interconnections to avoid wiring runs to sensors. eg:

https://www.theelectricgateshop.co.uk/search.php?searchword=wireless&go.x=20&go.y=24

Good gate controllers, in this case a CBME one, already allow radio control with the addition of a small circuit board and internal aerial.

CAME ZM3E-ZM3EC Manual - EasyGates Manuals - https://manuals.easygates.co.uk/came-zm3e-zm3ec/