I have one of the older SL 100 gate openers. It has been working fine for many years. In the last week for the first time, the gate stopped opening. If I manually pull the gate open, the CLOSING operation works perfectly, meaning the remote, the board, the motor, etc. Of course, I have taken off the cover and looked everything over, cleaned everything, etc. The remote operations, the open and close limit switches and the board all seem to be working just fine. But for the OPEN GATE function, the motor just doesn't seem to be getting any power any more. It doesn't even try to open. So the board just keeps flashing open until I manually open it to the point that the OPEN limit switch thinks the gate motor opened the gate correctly all the way. From there, I can use the remote again and presto, the gate CLOSES perfectly and the electronics all work as usual. So I know the motor is working to close the gate. I know basically that everything is functioning normally except that the motor does not engage to OPEN or even act like it is getting the power to open. Have you run across this before and is there a relay or something that might have burned out? I pressed the "reset" button on the motor but that didn't seem to change anything. Another thought. Would it hurt anything for me to temporarily "test" the open function by reversing the wiring so that the CLOSE wires and OPEN wires from the board are switched? Even once, just to see if I can get the gate to open by using power from the "close" terminal instead? Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
Me too except mine clicks then tries to open the door then I have to help it. .Did anyone figure it out?? tech came out said it needs a new motor at $850 !!! Said he could maybe replace the capacitor but not sure that would work. wondering how hard it is to replace the motor?? seems pretty straight forward but wondering if there is a "tuning " that would need to be done that I can't do
Do you have any tips or directions on programming a remote for this gate? We have the 811 but would like to switch to an open/close/stop remote. Thanks!
I have one of the older SL 100 gate openers. It has been working fine for many years. In the last week for the first time, the gate stopped opening. If I manually pull the gate open, the CLOSING operation works perfectly, meaning the remote, the board, the motor, etc.
Of course, I have taken off the cover and looked everything over, cleaned everything, etc. The remote operations, the open and close limit switches and the board all seem to be working just fine.
But for the OPEN GATE function, the motor just doesn't seem to be getting any power any more. It doesn't even try to open. So the board just keeps flashing open until I manually open it to the point that the OPEN limit switch thinks the gate motor opened the gate correctly all the way. From there, I can use the remote again and presto, the gate CLOSES perfectly and the electronics all work as usual.
So I know the motor is working to close the gate. I know basically that everything is functioning normally except that the motor does not engage to OPEN or even act like it is getting the power to open. Have you run across this before and is there a relay or something that might have burned out?
I pressed the "reset" button on the motor but that didn't seem to change anything.
Another thought. Would it hurt anything for me to temporarily "test" the open function by reversing the wiring so that the CLOSE wires and OPEN wires from the board are switched? Even once, just to see if I can get the gate to open by using power from the "close" terminal instead?
Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
I have the same issue, were you able to fix this? Gate will not open but if I manually close and press remote to open, it will open
Me too except mine clicks then tries to open the door then I have to help it. .Did anyone figure it out?? tech came out said it needs a new motor at $850 !!! Said he could maybe replace the capacitor but not sure that would work. wondering how hard it is to replace the motor?? seems pretty straight forward but wondering if there is a "tuning " that would need to be done that I can't do
Do you have any tips or directions on programming a remote for this gate? We have the 811 but would like to switch to an open/close/stop remote. Thanks!
Melissa Bulmahn you have to press the led button on your reciver and then press the button of your control for 5 oh 10 seconds 👍🏻