RE: Gate automation

["Jake Liddell" <Jake.Liddell@xxxxxxx>]

Picking up from an old thread...=20=20

I'm interested in installing an automated gate, of approximately 3m wide,
6=
ft high.  Don't really care whether it's sliding or opening (although all
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ther things being equal, I'd probably go for sliding).  I'd like the gate
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o open and close in response to a key-fob button.  I'd also like it cheap!

My first quote has come back with a staggering =A38.75k, split as roughly
1=
k preparation, 3k for gate, 3k for automation & motor, 1.5k Vat.

This was masses more than I was expecting.  I got a new automated garage
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or installed for 1.5k.  So...

Anyone got any experience of this sort of thing?  Anyone used a good
instal=
ler?  (I'm near Windsor, west London)  Are these prices way over the top,
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r are my expectations too low?  Could I source the parts, and get someone
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o install?

Thanks for any help.

Rgds,

Jake.


-----Original Message-----
From: Alancc [mailto:alan.cc@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 10:51
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Gate automation


At last something I do know about having installed hundreds of these over
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he years.

The option of opening an automated gate manually without disengaging the
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ive unit is a no no, you have several options:-

Provide a push button at the entrance for visitors of pedestrians. Fit a
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parate pedestrian gate. If you are planning a field type gate then use one
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long automated gate and a smaller manual gate, when closed they look
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good.

With regard to cables you will need a 240 mains supply to one side of the
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ntrance, normally 3 core SWA 1.5 or larger depending on the length of run.
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Control cables from the house, again this can be SWA if you want direct
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ial, you only need 2 cores for an open command to the gates but put in 4
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re as the cost difference is minimal. A 2" DUCT across the road then
you ca=
n pull through what ever cables you need.

If you want more advise on the best equipment let me know.

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Robinson <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 11:43 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Gate automation


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