Will this system work for am electric gate swinging horizonally, @ 500 ft from the base unit, outside?
2004754
I think the range might be a bit too far, the range of 800' would be under idea conditions. Depends on the sight line. The plunger is gravity activated and so your mount would have to have rig the gate with a bracket that would let the plunger fall on opening & lift it up on closing.
2004755
no, most wireless unit top out at 300 feet due to regulations. You would need to run a wire.
2004756
1. This senor works up and down. It has a plunger that drops out of it about 2" to know if the garage door is open. (plunger is up in this picture)2. I now have a second senor not working so well. I'd be very surprised if this will work at 500'. My longest of 3 is only 45'. Maybe they work better if they are not around electrical noise like wifi and power lines.3. Look for something else. Good Luck... Signed by an industrial maintenance mechanic of 37 years
2004757
Horizontal..... NO. It is a "Drop Plunger". When garage door goes UP, the "Plunger" drops out the bottom and then sends a signal to reciever. When door hits ground, plunger is pushed back into sender and shuts off alarm.
2004758
probably not, the plunger has no spring to return it into sleeve. It must be mounted vertically and gravity alone allows plunger to fall and activate and once door rises and forces plunger into sleeve once door closes (down) to shut off.
1454280
I can go 50 ft in any direction of my house and it works. It may work further away than that ,I checked it at the street in front of my house and at the alley behind me
64486
My range has been about 100 ft. If you order the original kit with control box it will convert later to twin gates. That's what I had originally also.Jack B.
1938165
Absolutely. Mine is a large standard metal box, about 200 feet away from my house. Works flawlessly.
1902504
Absolutely. I just installed a MightyMule FM500 and a separate controller is not needed. Simply provide a weather proof wire splice from the panel into the control box of the gate opener and it plugs right in. A MightyMule solar panel kit is not necessary, this will do the job for much less than half price. I also used an inexpensive piece of rectangular aluminum as my post. Found it in Home Depot for less than $5.00. Some self tapping machine screws and washers and it's good to go.
1869671
Wish I could answer that for sure. I know this works better than any other unit I have bought and my mailbox is over 100' away, but, I do believe you cannot have big obstructions, such as a hill so not sure about buildings. You would not have direct line of sight? That might be questionable then unless you wanted to mount it outside.
2010751
You will probably have to buy more "5 core" wire depending on where you want to install the control box. I needed 200 feet of it. It''s pretty expensive. My gate opener worked well for about 18 months then started giving trouble. A $90.00 new logic board didn't help. You might want to think twice about buying this unit.
898989
This is not for outside, unless you put it in a garage or barn. It works within 2000 feet .
856359
I have an identical situation and it works very well at least 200 feet away. Hope this helps.
2060976
it should still work just don't put the receiver to far away from the door .the signal doesn't go as far as they claim
2247090
If it's on a flat surface it may work but open and close real slow not for commercial use. "I would recommend a stronger motor" if using this motor on a daily base then I don't recommend for a 25ft gate
1154672
I'm going to say no, but I could be wrong. It's a very simple system, and exhibits no capability, that I've read about or otherwise discerned, beyond a basic motion detector/transmitter that's factory radio-paired to a basic beeper. The only electrical connection is a jack in the transmitter for an optional AC power cord. The instructions discuss only getting power to the two units (battery), transmitter placement, and that's about it. Works wonderfully and as advertised, just isn't a scalable system.
1691452
Sure. I use a mobile antenna for my 2 meter base station, though I will set it on the air conditioner unit outside for a good ground.
1535967
It depends if you purchase the range booster. Mine work between the house, barn and garage but all the buildings are in a 100 foot radius of the base station.
1925141
I doubt it. If so the signal strength would be poor. At 500 ft, I'd hard-wire.
1902502
Yes, that is what I use mine for. Place it so that it gets the most extended hours of sunlight possible and you are set. I have never run out of power to my gate since installing it, but if you did, you could add another one into the system as well. They are an awesome deal for the price.
1497571
I do not know. As a stand alone it would be sufficient to handle the small area around a gate. This does not have the same power as a normal electric fence.