Ancient electric gate error diagnosis, please

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scudsucker

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Hey guys.

I had a gentleman lift my electric gate off its rails with the intent to rob me. He was only marginally successful (he got a USB changer, and more irritatingly a USB-C cable, both left in my unlocked car - thanks wife) but when I put the gate back on the rails the motor is not running.


So there are two issues:

1) Obviously... I need to weld a piece of metal onto the gate so it cannot be lifted off. Also I need my wife to lock the ****ing car.

2) The gate motor. This is controlled by the standard "E.T" 4 button remote. When I press the appropriate button I can hear the click from the circuits and if I remove the motor cover I can see the "open" and "close" LEDs lighting up in turn. The gate was working fine before and I can't believe merely shifting the gate off the motor's cog and back on would break it.

There is a "reset" button in the middle of the circuit board which I have pressed, without success.

I do not have a multimeter and zero electronic knowledge. But I also do not want to pay someone to help if this is something simple I can fix despite my lack of skill

Any suggestions for how to diagnose & fix it?
 
The "OPEN" and "CLOSE" LEDs and ... whatever those white switches are (Circuit breakers?) work in turn when "opening" but the engine below does not get activated

All wires are secure, nothing obviously loose
 
scudsucker said:
The "OPEN" and "CLOSE" LEDs and ... whatever those white switches are (Circuit breakers?) work in turn when "opening" but the engine below does not get activated

All wires are secure, nothing obviously loose
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Did you check the battery connections and the fuses?
 
All look fine. The battery should not matter if there is mains power but I did check it
 
scudsucker said:
All look fine. The battery should not matter if there is mains power but I did check it
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Many of these systems use DC motors, powered by the battery. The mains supply is mostly there to keep the battery charged. If the battery is a bit dodgy you'll get all sorts of odd behaviour.
 
Your quickest fix will be to hook up a known good battery, same voltage. If all works okay you can just replace the original battery and check that it's charging.
 
scudsucker said:
Hey guys.

I had a gentleman lift my electric gate off its rails with the intent to rob me. He was only marginally successful (he got a USB changer, and more irritatingly a USB-C cable, both left in my unlocked car - thanks wife) but when I put the gate back on the rails the motor is not running.


So there are two issues:

1) Obviously... I need to weld a piece of metal onto the gate so it cannot be lifted off. Also I need my wife to lock the ****ing car.

2) The gate motor. This is controlled by the standard "E.T" 4 button remote. When I press the appropriate button I can hear the click from the circuits and if I remove the motor cover I can see the "open" and "close" LEDs lighting up in turn. The gate was working fine before and I can't believe merely shifting the gate off the motor's cog and back on would break it.

There is a "reset" button in the middle of the circuit board which I have pressed, without success.

I do not have a multimeter and zero electronic knowledge. But I also do not want to pay someone to help if this is something simple I can fix despite my lack of skill

Any suggestions for how to diagnose & fix it?
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Have you checked the limits sensor or spring limit.Also check IRB( safrtybeams,or safety beam connection.On Et 500 model possably batteries or fuses
 
Have you tried a hard reset?
Disconnect from mains and back-up battery. Check and clean the entire track, gear and wheels. Reconnect mains and battery.
 
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