I would like to install a sensor for the gate. What would be correct way of doing it.
Gate is 240ft away. There is a garage in between and i have an empty conduit running from garage to the gate, but no conduits from the garage to the house, so no way to hardwire it all the way to the gate.
I do have wireless motion detector and recessed door sensors installed in the garage and they are working with no issues.
I was thinking to install DW10 sensor and utilize its dry contact on N.C contact of gate opener.
Specs say it will work in 350ft range. Will it? Let’s say it does, will it drain battery in few month? Or might malfunction because of distance?
Thank you
If you are able to get sensor signals from inside the garage to your panel, then that should work, yes. There is always a possibility of distance related issues, but if you see none from the existing wireless sensors in the same location, should be good.
The battery life is determined mostly by usage, so if the gate sees very high traffic you might replace the battery more often, otherwise no.
Well, garage is 120ft from the panel plus another 120ft to the gate.
Should I run a wire from the gate to garage just in case and if I do what sensor should I be using in the garage or at the gate?
I also found signal extender which I didn’t know exist. Will it work if install it in garage? I guess it will help garage sensors as well.
Should I run a wire from the gate to garage just in case and if I do what sensor should I be using in the garage or at the gate?
Ah, yes that is what I thought the prior intention was. You could run cable to garage, and you could use a wireless contact from there where you know the signal extends.
Now, that said, you might be able to try a signal repeater instead, yes, especially if the distance between the garage and house and garage and gate are roughly the same, makes for a nice center point for a repeater.
You would not want to use a DW10 on the gate in that circumstance though. If you want to use a repeater and a wireless sensor on the gate in an area that is not temperature or environment controlled, use the Honeywell 5816OD.