How to troubleshoot my gate motor, testing a 12 volt gate motor battery under load.
This applies to all sliding and swing gate motor systems.
The basics of gate motor systems comes down to proper gate batteries present in all types of automatic gate motor systems, sliding and swing gate systems.
Centurion, d3& d5, D5 Evo, D10, D10 turbo, Gemini slider, Et Drive 500/600, DACE, DTS 512, expert, Centurion vantage, DACE swing gates, Gemini swing gate systems, all need proper quality batteries fitted on all types of steel sliding and swing gates.
The well known lead acid batteries are common in gate motor systems. These batteries are sealed.
The battery allows one to detect the slowing down of gate motors while operating, at times gate do not want to close on instruction from a remote transmitter, at times, the gate motor will close the gate slowly and just stop midway.
this is a clear indication that the gate motor battery is failing, due to old age, or a power problem.
This battery is a cheaper option of the batteries available currently.
The down side of such a battery is that they tend to get damaged easily due to being drained often.
No warrantees are supplied with any 12 volt battery bought from any supplier in South Africa due to the current electrical load shedding present.
The lead acid battery is known to leak acid from its negative battery terminal. battery acid crystals form quickly which also attacks the battery lead connected to the terminal.
The other type of batteries which can be fitted is the 12 volt gel battery.
These are a better quality battery, but they tend not to give any warnings when failing.
The gate motor systems will still run at speed, but then stop from operating without any warning.
So no indication/ early warning system is present which will allow one to detect a slower operating gate motor system.
This battery can be charged more times compared to the lead acid type batteries.
The gel battery is also a sealed battery.
It is uncommon for gel batteries to leak on the negative battery terminals.
Lipo gate motor batteries are also seeing the market.
Note about load shedding:
No insurer will cover the replacement of failed batteries in the event of electrical load shedding.
A worn out battery is a aspect of wear and tear/ failure due to old age and as such, not a insurable event.
Call Exquisite Security now, for the servicing or replacement of your sliding and swing gate motor battery systems.
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Exquisite Security has more then 18 years experience with steel sliding gate systems, trouble shooting of all auto mated gate systems.
We repair, maintain, upgrade and fit new sliding gate motor systems for all clients in Gauteng.
We are a insurance industry leader in the troubleshooting, repairs of all types of sliding gate motor systems.
We also specialize in the repairs of steel sliding gates, big or small.
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