Gate Motors
Backup Power for Gate Motors and Garage Doors
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Motors need power at the worst time
Load-shedding often hits when you want the gate closed. Many gate motors accept a battery pack sized for a number of cycles, not for days of standby with accessories drawing current. Count remotes, intercoms and maglocks on the same supply.
Garage doors
Some garage motors have a battery backup; many do not. A labelled manual release is still required. An inverter on a shared circuit can brown-out a motor; use a supply the installer has checked.
Solar is trickle, not magic
A small panel can keep a gate battery topped up on a remote farm gate. It will not run a heavy industrial slider every minute of a busy shift without a proper design.
Safe wiring
CapeCore specifies backup that matches the motor. We do not recommend jumper cables on a car battery as a lifestyle solution.
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