Electric gate install

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » March 7th, 2021, 3:41 pm

Going strong 9 years now. Only changed a capacitor...knocks on wood

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » March 7th, 2021, 9:58 pm

They have a radio crystal or something which is easily damaged by dropping.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » March 8th, 2021, 5:16 am

pugboy wrote:They have a radio crystal or something which is easily damaged by dropping.

Shrugs shoulders. Hopefully I dont find out :lol:

On a real though, plenty people pushing TAU, why? Im open to suggestions as well, have some work coming up

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » March 8th, 2021, 5:22 am

The Italians seem to have a lot of good gate makers.

I have a bft since 1998 and a tau since 2016.
That bft so old they no longer maker remotes for it since it using old radio frequencies.
The good thing is you can install an aftermarket remote board.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » March 8th, 2021, 10:26 am

any reviews on lift master motors(for garage doors)??

Postby **worksux101** » March 9th, 2021, 1:04 pm

A company installed an atlas last week. So far no issues. Will update if anything comes up.

Reamos DC5 · Postby **Reamos DC5** » April 2nd, 2021, 12:26 pm

Strugglerzinc wrote:D and S gate motors or Electric Gate Services for TAU. Both around the 5k price. I use D and S because he delivers replacement remotes @$250 each.

Thank you my brother.

Just got him to install a TAU gate motor. Same 5k and $250 for an extra remote.

He was on time for the site visit, communication was excellent and he came out to work on the holiday today at 6:50am for a 7am start time. Imagine that na!

Really impressed with his operation and i highly recommend him to anyone.

D&S @ 721-7921

gastly369 · Postby **gastly369** » April 2nd, 2021, 1:14 pm

Locally we have the solar gate motors?

antlind · Postby **antlind** » April 2nd, 2021, 1:41 pm

gastly369 wrote:Locally we have the solar gate motors?

I run a bft solar powered gate - dual arms. Installed in 2013 changed my first battery in 2020. So far so good.

gastly369 · Postby **gastly369** » April 2nd, 2021, 2:31 pm

Niceeee

antlind wrote:
gastly369 wrote:Locally we have the solar gate motors?

I run a bft solar powered gate - dual arms. Installed in 2013 changed my first battery in 2020. So far so good.

Ted_v2 · Postby **Ted_v2** » April 4th, 2021, 11:49 pm

what is needed to install a electric gate?

just install the rail, the motor and we bad? i have a sliding gate some years now, looking at doing the retrofit. 5-8k ballpark?

Reamos DC5 · Postby **Reamos DC5** » April 5th, 2021, 12:57 am

Ted_v2 wrote:what is needed to install a electric gate?

just install the rail, the motor and we bad? i have a sliding gate some years now, looking at doing the retrofit. 5-8k ballpark?

Whatsapp D&S, he will tell you everything you need to know.

Strugglerzinc · Postby **Strugglerzinc** » April 5th, 2021, 10:33 am

Reamos DC5 wrote:
Ted_v2 wrote:what is needed to install a electric gate?

just install the rail, the motor and we bad? i have a sliding gate some years now, looking at doing the retrofit. 5-8k ballpark?

Whatsapp D&S, he will tell you everything you need to know.

He was also the only person willing to sell me the gate motor package without installation for me to diy. Once you have a working sliding gate, yes that's all you need. The most difficult part is the motor anchor point and the electrical if your situation is not easily workable.

antlind · Postby **antlind** » April 5th, 2021, 1:39 pm

Ted_v2 wrote:what is needed to install a electric gate?

just install the rail, the motor and we bad? i have a sliding gate some years now, looking at doing the retrofit. 5-8k ballpark?

My electric gate setup was relatively easy. It’s a dual arm and not a slider. So it required the placement of the solar panel, the battery pack and installation of the dual arms. There was also the issue of cutting the asphalt under the gate to run the power cable for one of the arms. That was perhaps the most difficult part of the job.

The only ‘problem’ that I’ve had is when we have consecutive cloudy days the battery pack will fail usually at the end of the second day and I’ll have to use the release key to open the gate manually. It’s happened 3x since I installed the solar panel in 2013.

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » April 5th, 2021, 1:54 pm

antlind wrote:
Ted_v2 wrote:what is needed to install a electric gate?

just install the rail, the motor and we bad? i have a sliding gate some years now, looking at doing the retrofit. 5-8k ballpark?

My electric gate setup was relatively easy. It’s a dual arm and not a slider. So it required the placement of the solar panel, the battery pack and installation of the dual arms. There was also the issue of cutting the asphalt under the gate to run the power cable for one of the arms. That was perhaps the most difficult part of the job.

The only ‘problem’ that I’ve had is when we have consecutive cloudy days the battery pack will fail usually at the end of the second day and I’ll have to use the release key to open the gate manually. It’s happened 3x since I installed the solar panel in 2013.

whats the dual arm set up u used?

Ted_v2 · Postby **Ted_v2** » April 5th, 2021, 3:31 pm

i messaged the guy, his price good. ill give him the work later on this year, should cost me about 6k completed. 5k he said but electrical and all other small things.

antlind · Postby **antlind** » April 5th, 2021, 5:10 pm

sMASH wrote:
antlind wrote:
Ted_v2 wrote:what is needed to install a electric gate?

just install the rail, the motor and we bad? i have a sliding gate some years now, looking at doing the retrofit. 5-8k ballpark?

My electric gate setup was relatively easy. It’s a dual arm and not a slider. So it required the placement of the solar panel, the battery pack and installation of the dual arms. There was also the issue of cutting the asphalt under the gate to run the power cable for one of the arms. That was perhaps the most difficult part of the job.

The only ‘problem’ that I’ve had is when we have consecutive cloudy days the battery pack will fail usually at the end of the second day and I’ll have to use the release key to open the gate manually. It’s happened 3x since I installed the solar panel in 2013.

whats the dual arm set up u used?

It’s not a slider. It’s two gates that swing open. Each gate has a separate arm. BFT.

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » April 5th, 2021, 5:40 pm

like what brand/model?

antlind · Postby **antlind** » April 5th, 2021, 5:47 pm

sMASH wrote:like what brand/model?

BFT. I think it’s an Italian brand. I’m not sure about model specs.

teems1 · Postby **teems1** » July 21st, 2021, 1:47 pm

So I have a TAU slim remote, and I changed the battery on it (light was not coming on before, it is now).

However the remote control no longer works, gate won't open.

Is there some other step I have to do when changing the battery?

Postby **Dave** » July 21st, 2021, 1:59 pm

Make sure you didn't interfere with the dip switches. Check another to make sure they didn't move.
If anyone is looking, I have a new remote with ten dip switches for sale.

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » July 21st, 2021, 2:42 pm

tau slim don’t have switch it is rolling code
they are very fragile

gastly369 · Postby **gastly369** » July 21st, 2021, 2:59 pm

Sync back control in motor

Press D2 button inside motor red light will go off... Then while it's off click the remote to sync the controller again... Light would automatically come back on.... Im using a universal set of evo remotes and replaced those slimrp remote crap.. Evo remote control both gate and garage door home

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » July 21st, 2021, 3:27 pm

after I lost 3 of those expensive tau slim crap I also installed a generic third party remote in the motor.
shoulda do that from the start

daring dragoon · Postby **daring dragoon** » September 22nd, 2021, 5:27 pm

does this make sense? if a motor is under warranty but the board goes bad due to manufacturer defect and the board needs to be replaced as well as the remotes should i have to pay $200 for each remote?

andreh · Postby **andreh** » November 1st, 2021, 7:41 am

I already have a sliding gate opener installed (a rack and gear driven viper), I would like to replace the motor only. Would this be possible?

daring dragoon · Postby **daring dragoon** » November 1st, 2021, 3:42 pm

can i weld using an arc welder on a gate that has an electric motor installed?

msg1 · Postby **msg1** » December 9th, 2021, 1:22 pm

Looking for a dual swing supplied and installed…recommendations?
Was going to purchase the unit from Remote Control Gates but they are out of stock, then would have got an installer. I was looking at the Tau p250.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » December 10th, 2021, 3:31 pm

Lift master ranging between 7500-8k installed^. I saw some guy name "Plan B construction" advertising that.

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » December 10th, 2021, 4:16 pm

tau remotes expensive af and easy to damage when they fall etc
and substitute remotes to work with tau don’t exist

msg1 wrote:Looking for a dual swing supplied and installed…recommendations?
Was going to purchase the unit from Remote Control Gates but they are out of stock, then would have got an installer. I was looking at the Tau p250.