What's the effective range of this switch? As in, I have a 500' to a front gate--any chance this thing will work?
909330
Best to call or email the mfg. My application was an interior dining room with a distance of maybe 15' and it worked fine.
909331
500 feet? I seriously doubt it. It's designed to be in the same room as the light source. The switch doesn't even have a power source of its own. It uses the energy from pressing the button to transmit the signal, so I don't think this has the range you're long for.
57665
I don't know if there is a recommended distance but i installed my switch 32 inches away.
2054960
It should work, I have a 14' light weight steel gate, and it works just fine. If I were you, I would contact Sentry and ask their advice. Jose
1479070
It says in the connection guide that THe Range is 30feet.I haven't tried that far, but i can tell the device works really well. I'll try 30 feet this days and let u know
856359
I have an identical situation and it works very well at least 200 feet away. Hope this helps.
1189694
Other responders mentioned wire size and short length. That's not the main issue; know the length to power source and pump. If you a little more money to spend, I would buy another switch. I wrote a review, you might check it. I am installing a DC branch panel with good On-Off-On switches and good breakers to replace the temporary Shoreline switches.
1990894
Hello Gary...I'm not sure about the maximum distance, but our router is about 75' from the door system and works just fine. Overall, we really like our system and are glad we purchased it.Sorry we can't be of more help - perhaps contact liftmaster and ask for a technical engineer to answer your questions. ...Good luck!
587850
I've never tested out the range on it when I measured distances. I use it to turn my pool pump off and on when I'm vacuuming the pool. I know it'll work through an aluminum deck and across the pool (28'). I'd guesstimate that it's range is at least twice that, maybe more. It's a radio based transmitter, so it should work through walls, etc. I have my outside sockets on inside switches but if you're thinking of using this for holiday decorations I'd say it's worth a shot. Good luck!
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
737005
I cannot answer for sure the maximum range. I use it very successfully with a spread of 45' and the trigger is mounted outside our front door, so that's through a very well insulated front door and surrounding wall structure. It's been in service for well over a year now and still on the original batteries. The transmitter switch trigger one unit in the master bedroom and another in the main hallway so my wife, who is very hearing impaired, can know when there is someone at the door regardless of where she is in the house.
64489
Our remotes will open/close the gate from our garage which is 500-600ft away from the gate. And yes you can convert a single system later by adding another arm. The brain will support either set up.
755371
Really depends on how far the RF signal needs to go to get into your Insteon network. I carried mine as far as I could away from any dual-mode switches and my controller, which was about 25 feet, and it still worked for me. If the RF reception occurred near your garage, I bet it would work. It is a nice little controller. The ability to recharge it with a MicroUSB cord instead of having to deal with swapping out batteries is really nice.
176772
I'm not sure if it's gonna work... On my house, I have the main station on the first floor, and the extender on the second floor. With that, I can go about 100ft on the street before losing it. I don't think it would work with 300ft.
1799823
Not sure of the top range, tested mine at 20+ ft as well.. worked flawlessly.
1831509
Mine works at a range of about 50 feet through 4 x 10inches concrete walls with no problems.
1132505
Hm.. 30 meters? not sure, but i can check and update you on the same.I tried up to around 50 feet and works fine.
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.