I depleted fours bags of 60 lbs concrete mix to fill up the mold for the gate opener base pad. Conduit was extended above the mold.Īfter I acquired a cement mixer (shown below), my concrete pouring work became so much fun! Before that, I was basically mixing it with shovels….worked fine but not easy. The mounting base will be installed on top of the concrete 3: Mold was setup on site 4. A mold to lift the gate opener 8″ above the ground 2. Mold was then installed on the site with proper bracing and supporting to receive concrete. Since the gate opener was measured to be installed at 8″ above the ground, I made a mold of the same height with width / length at about 1′ / 1’4″. The hole was about 2 ft wide by 2 ft long, 1.5 ft deep. A rock solid base made by concrete is very important for the gate opener to provide enough force to move the gate. That hole was actually prepared for the gate opener. If you recall my last post about trenching, you’d probably have noticed that I dug a pretty big hole where the PVC pipe terminated.
Mounting bracket assembly with anchor bolts Another set of bolts that go straight up are for the gate opener. The assembled mounting base looks like a mini oil rig: four anchors shown as below were to be buried in the concrete pouring to produce strong clamping force.
DIY AUTOMATIC GATE OPENER HOW TO
It took me quite sometime to figure out how to assemble the metal mounting base for the gate opener as the manual didn’t seem to be very helpful on this topic. Assemble the mounting base and concrete mold
Most of my work, however, was spent on the masonry work - taking measures, assembling mold and pouring concrete for the opener’s base. Other than those, the gate opener almost requires zero effort on the electrical setup. The rest of the system is pre-configured by manufacturer.Īs soon as you get power cords connected correctly, the indicator on the circuit board will light up, and you can immediately control your opener with the provided remote! For tweaks like changing open/close direction, increasing/decreasing force or enabling pedestrian mode, you will need to dig a little deeper into the manual. Wire your power cord to the connector in circle. All you need to do is to wire your power cord to the connector shown in the photo below. It is not necessary to understand what they are. Removing the plastic cover will expose the key components: the giant motor taking most of the space, the circuit board leaning against the motor, magnetic sensor and capacitor. The first impression upon receiving the packages were heavy, both for the AR1450 opener and the nylon gear racks! Two boxes: one for the opener another for the gear racksĭon’t worry if you couldn’t find the remotes, they were actually hiding inside the opener’s plastic cover. Plus, the linear gear rack looks more attractive than the sagging chain.
However, gear-driven mechanism produces quieter and smoother transition. Mine is about 12 ft in length.Ĭhain-driven is the most common way to drive a sliding gate, it’s relatively cheaper and easier to install.
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