On Sun 24/11/2019 09:27, Andy Burns wrote:
Woody wrote:

Bill Wright wrote:

I want to put some LED lights on my sliding gate.

Magnetic switch if close enough, or some form of proximity sensor if
farther away?

That seems to completely avoid the question of how the power jumps over
to the gate ...

I misunderstood the question. Having said that, for safety reasons the
gate should have a bump stop on the leading edge so that if someone or
thing gets in the way the gate either stops or withdraws. Such gates are
heavy so need a fairly powerful motor (even if geared) to shift them
ergo if it didn't stop it could do damage or serious injury.
If the gate has such sensing then by definition it must already have
some form of connection to it so that the bump sensor gets its message
back to the controller, and if that connection exists then it shouldn't
be difficult to get power for the LEDs as well surely?

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Woody

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