Electric Gate Set Up

Ikillbees

Have a lot of work been done in garden in the next week or so. Was planning to get a gates after Christmas and would like to go electric.

While I have the diggers in was going to get the wires buried from the house to the gate.

What do I get..is it the actual wire or a ducting type stuff to pull the wire through ..

What type wire etc...

kub

Good timing, well done.

Ok select a position for the Control Unit for the Electric Gates, you can hide that in behind a wall or gate pillar. You would need a duct from there for a constant electrical supply, then perhaps a second duct for low voltage wiring for Intercoms etc that you may require inside the house.

From the Gate Control Unit run a duct to the hinge sides of both gates. If you are going for underground motors and as you have machinery and hopefully someone with the know how, it would be best to get the motor foundation boxes into position now also.

Also you need to duct the internal safety photocells also, these go on either side of the driveway just inside the point at which the gates fully open.

Ikillbees

Thanks for that..

bobbyy gee

put 2 ducts 2 0ne gate post then 2 ducts from one gate post to other.gate post dont forget you need lighting

tech

good timing, as Kub said

I would suggest you install the Gate control box in a hager cabinet on the inside on your walls,

this will give the Came or what ever make control box more protection from weather,files & insects.

Run SWA cables from house / garage to where you will be positioning the control box,
What type of Intercom are you thinking?
Wired back to a dedicated phone in your house, CAT 5/ 6 / Polly Polly will work here. - wold require a CAT 5 / 6 from pilar back into house.

also you have the option of a GSM Intercom, this will need a CAT 5/ 6 / Polly Polly cable from pilar back to control box.

Get down your underground boxes now and have a duct between these, also run a duct inside the gates to run you Poly Poly to the pilars,

Run 1 x polly polly for a Keypad, also run a 2nd for GSM intercom, Make sure these are all in Ducts, in the event of a faulty cable down the road you will be able to pull a new cable in!!! you need to future plan

Also are you looking at GSM gate opener? If you get the AES Prime 6 this is a GSM intercom and also will open your gates when you dial the SIM card in the unit,
cost here is €5 every 6 months to keep the Sim card alive.

You should also consider the lights, you can hook the gates control box up to lights, so when you open the gate when dusk / dark ince you have a relay / photocell installed, this could turn on your pilar lights / bollards if you have them

just something to think about!

newhouse87

Bumping old thread, Would one 2inch wavin pipe from house out to both pillars suffice to future proof before tarmac. Dont fancy doing much this year, just bare minimum so i dont have to go digging up tarmac in future.

kub

Well strictly speaking the low voltage and mains cables should not be in the same duct.

So if you are considering an intercom in the house, run a separate duct for that.

The run is, house to controller position

The Controller position to each motor, as in 1 duct to each.

Are you going for underground boxes ? If so and if your tarmac is going where they will be situated you are as well off to get someone to fit those for you at this stage of the project.

Also are the gates opening in ? If so you have to consider ducts also for safety photocells that need to go to the point on the inside, on either side just beyond the leading edges of both gates.

Then there are safety photocells to go on the gate pillars.

You may also require safety lazers or safety edges and those ideally should be considered at this stage also as they may need ducting as well.

blackbox

Normally the controller is at one gate, so the ducts from the house go to it. Then there is a duct to run cables from the controller to the second gate. The actual gate motors can be low voltage with battery backup, but you will need mains voltage to the transformer.

newhouse87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122607105#Comment_122607105

So would 1 duct to gate do and another duct at gate to each pillar suffice?

newhouse87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122607051#Comment_122607051

So as above, would 2 ducts be enough, 1 from house where armored cable is already left out to gate and another at gate to both piers? what cheapest type of ducting i could use?