Posted by Randy Baker [12.131.228.61] on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 13:23:09 :
In Reply to: OT......Is there a electrician in the house posted by Chris P [98.198.236.202] on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 21:51:16 :
Chris,
I have installed a couple at my place both solar and ac. Unless I am wrong, my understanding is the ac does nothing more than run a constant trickle charge to your battery exactly the same as solar if it works correctly. This means that ac will not make your gate opener work any different than a solar charger would if it is doing it's job correctly. When you open/close the gate it is always working off the battery not the ac if you have it wired up.
The gate that I have wired with AC is harder to activate in cold weather. Just the nature of the beast I guess.
Randy Baker
Winters, CA