Electric gate issue

[redrabbit]

Hi,

I have an electric gate which has Nice remote controls to open/close it. There's been a few issues recently with the item (circled in red) CONSTANTLY draining batteries. Every 1-2 days the batteries need replacing.

The gate itself is mains powered, however the receiver (in red) is wired in but also has batteries which it requires to function.

I bought a brand new item (called BAND-T - 1st Generation Radioband Safety Transmitter) which is a RadiobandTbx receiver.

I was hoping it would work out of the box but it doesn't. Holding down the programming button (circled in red) does nothing. Apparently there should be a loud beep to enter programming mode.

Are there any gate experts here that know about this kind of thing? I would call a company in but it's so difficult to get any of them to come round and I was hoping to fix this issue myself.

Thanks

 

[Why Not Indeed]

If it were me I would be tempted to tap power for it from the drive box below, assuming that has mains power, to save on replacing batteries.
Anyway. If it rapidly drains the batteries and the program button does nothing then I would assume it's faulty.
How do you know the batteries need replacing if the unit isn't working anyway?

 

[redrabbit]

How do you know the batteries need replacing if the unit isn't working anyway?

The original unit which I removed today was working fine (ish) but just kept draining batteries

When we spoke to a gate person they said it's likely just a bit erroded and needs replacing

So I bought the exact same item and installed today.

Just need to configure it.