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Last post, promise, but I have to share with you what the salesman in a local battery (and other electrical merchandise) shop told me about Li batteries. He alleges that a Li battery will not last as a replacement for the lead/acid batteries standard for garage door- and gate motors because the...

One more question, at this time only as a point of interest, which would last longer for garage/gate motor; LiFePO4 or gel? The gates are of course 12V items. Last post, promise, but I have to share with you what the salesman in a local battery (and other electrical merchandise) shop told me...

Thanks Bruce, good idea. Not planning to do anything major regarding that door. Removal of the wight may have put an end to the problem anyway. The weight I removed has a mass of 2.8kg, pretty much equal to a few tightening turns of two coil springs, I guess, and so very much easier. Tested the...

My problem is actually that the two midget weight 12V 3,1Ah batts have a hard time during blackouts and could not open the door twice during the same blackout. Bought two new ones. Cheap enough but the schlepp when they fail when SWAMBO is home alone and ... don't think that needs any elaboration.

What you say is what I was afraid of. As an experiment I removed that flat iron weight bolted to one side of the door at the bottom. So far so good. Still expecting something to go wrong like the door winding up skew when my wife drives out and buggering up the whole works. But I did test it a...

I can remember that several years agoo the USA had a spate of trouble with their power, I think it was in NY but not sure, and it was called rolling blackouts. They also had what was called "brown outs" which, as the name infers, meant power was not cut but reduced. The important thing was that...

Thanks Chris. I found one at Extreme Lights in Stellenbosch at sales price of R900. Nice and close. Someone also said I should check the tension of the coil spring on the door's axle for it should be wound up tightly enough to take much of the load off the motor during opening. Mine does feel as...

I have had my fill of ending up with a pair of defunct 12V batteries (connected in serie) every few months when we open and close the door more than once during blackouts - I read somewhere that "loadshedding" is in fact a euphemism for "blackout" or even more correctly, in my view, "power...

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It is said that confidence does not come from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

Not sure is the appropiate pacement of this, so pleae move it fi needed. https://ts2.space/en/solid-state-batteries-a-major-breakthrough-in-battery-technology/

Thought this should be posted here in stead of the thread onwise sayings. “Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.” Alex Levine

“The salient and undeniable truth about cryptography is that no measure of violence or proscriptive legislation will ever solve a math problem.” Jacob Riggs

Damn! I read cleaner..,.

Heh-heh-heh. If you were born after about 2000 this wil make no sense.

A resounding Amen! from me, Arnie old man.

What would a 7 kW solar system cost? The Tesup unit can be had for less than R30k but how much total cost including installation, battery(-ies) and whatever cost of CoC requirements would be I have no idea. But I am pretty sure it would be <R100k, or not? What I really love is that it operates...

I received this link and am wondering if this also calls for the same installation regulation as solar. I presume the connection with a house's wiring would still require a CoC, but maybe not the attention od a Pr Eng. https://www.tesup.co.za/product-page/atlasx7-wind-turbine-for-houses The...

In this instance feedback was not in the picture. The apparently said something about your house's structure being compromised which to me sounds like BS. There is also reference to bylaws from several years - before solar power has even in the picture - ago and that the authorities read it in...