August 14, 2025Aug 14 Because I am on solar I removed the batteries out of all my gate motors. They are all powered by 24VDC power supplies, 10A each. I have centurion rdo motors and if I am not mistaken the power draw was less than 5A. Its been a year since I did the change and zero issues. Power supplies last way way longer than batteries.
August 14, 2025Aug 14 https://www.geewiz.co.za/lithium-ion-batteries/206811-geewiz-1210-12v-10ah-up-to-40a-discharge-lithium-lifepo4-battery-compatible-with-gates-alarms-cctv-ups-3-year-warranty-same-size-as-7ah-replacement-battery.htmlThis is an option with upto 40a discharge, 20a continuous. Recommended by geewiz for gate motors, alarms, energisers etc
August 14, 2025Aug 14 2 hours ago, Denns said:Because I am on solar I removed the batteries out of all my gate motors. They are all powered by 24VDC power supplies, 10A each. I have centurion rdo motors and if I am not mistaken the power draw was less than 5A. Its been a year since I did the change and zero issues. Power supplies last way way longer than batteries.Just a word of warning. The peak start current could be much higher than 5A. Thus the lithium on a gate motor must have a BMS with high enough surge current before it switches off. This is why some 8Ah Lithiums fail to work well on heavy gates.
August 14, 2025Aug 14 3 hours ago, Scorp007 said:Just a word of warning. The peak start current could be much higher than 5A. Thus the lithium on a gate motor must have a BMS with high enough surge current before it switches off. This is why some 8Ah Lithiums fail to work well on heavy gates.Noted. The Power supplies do have a large surge power rating so it should be fine.
January 26Jan 26 Standard charger of 13,6v will charge a Lithuim battery to 85% only. 14,3v will charge it 100%. No damage to battery possible with normal charger.
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