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Power Options

The motors out of the box are ready for your electrician to hard wire to mains power with the option of a built in battery backup in case mains power fails the gate will still work. If you would prefer a power point next to your gate a 3-pin plug and lead can easily be wired into the motor. 

If getting 240V mains power out to your gate is difficult or expensive you can go Low Voltage by choosing the optional "Low Voltage Power Box" that can plug in at the house (or where ever a power point is available) so low voltage power cable can be run out to the gate. You can install low voltage power cable yourself, you don't need to be a registered electrician.

If getting low voltage power out to your gate is also difficult the Slight motor will work happily from Solar Power too although does need a separate battery box next to the motor and a solar panel of course.  

... more about Power Options for Automatic Gates

Features

Six Speeds from 100mm/s to 340mm/s with soft start and soft stop.

Absolute Encoder requiring no striker plates on the rack ideal when there's very limited space 

Optional Battery Back up in case power fails motor will continue to work. 

Optional Close after a time delay (Auto-close) adjustable from 5s to 180s. Photocells are recommended when using Auto-close. 

Optional Receiver if you don't need the motor to work from Nice Remote controls you don't need to include the Nice receiver module with the motor, you may want the gate to work with remote controls from a garage door operator or another brand of gate motor.

... more about gates working with garage door remotes

Blue Bus Allows devices such as Safety Photocells, Digital Keypads, RFID Readers or other motors with Blue bus to be connected to the motor with two wires to a single two wire terminal, making wiring on more complex jobs much simpler, it doesn't even mater which way around the wires are. 

Optional Safety Photocell (Photo Electric Beam) to prevent the gate closing on a vehicle

 ... more about Safety Photocells

Pedestrian opening facility opens gate only part way to let people on foot in not any vehicles.

Obstruction detection, the gate will stop if it is obstructed by anything with eight levels of sensitivity. 

Keyed Manual Release so the gate can be opened by hand from inside the property

Condominium (Apartment Block) Mode - prevents remote controls from closing the gate, which is for when there are many users because if more than one user is trying to open the gate at the same time one could open and the other start closing it without realising it so if it can open only then there is no confusion. Must be used with auto-close. 

Bi-Parting Gates two motors can be connected together and synchronised using blue bus for Bi-parting gates that is two sliding gates working together on a single gate opening that open in opposite directions.     

Easy programming of open and close limits, so is ideal for DIY installation

Ant proof housing for electronic controls improving reliability

Die cast Aluminium Base and gearbox 

Motor height is adjustable ideal for sloping driveways.

Recommended Use

Suitable for all types of residential sliding gates up to 400kg on flat ground.  Can be used for telescopic gates and/or if there is a slope across a driveway but the maximum weight of gate is less. 

... more about motors size for sloping ground 

The sliding gate track must be relatively straight with no sudden rises 

... more about sliding gates on sloping ground

Maintenance Requirements

Sliding gate operators required very little maintenance although it is a good idea to remove the lid once a year and the motor checked for any ants or other small vermin. Ants and any droppings should be cleaned out, holes where they could get in sealed up with silicon sealer and repellent placed in or around the motor. 

The rack should also be checked and adjusted by opening and closing the gate while looking at the output gear of the motor where it contacts the rack making sure there is a clearance of 1mm or so. If the motor runs noisy once the rack has been adjusted the motor may need to be pulled apart and gearing cleaned with new grease applied or bearing may need replacing. 

If a battery backup is used the Battery needs checking by removing the power from the motor and opening and closing the gate with the motor. If it runs slowly at all, stops or reversed when it shouldn't then the backup battery needs replacing.

What's in the box

• Slight operator complete with built in: Transformer with 3-pin plug and lead, control board and limit switch.
• 2 x Keys for manual Release  
• Base plate for motor that has adjustable height   

Specifications:

Maximum gate weight: 400kg

Maximum Speed 340mm/s

Motor: 24VDC 100 Watt 80% duty cycle

Open and Close limit system: mechanical encoder requires no strike plates on rack.

Power system: runs from transformer from 240VAC mains or 24V battery back up.  

Life expectancy of electric motor: 250,000 cycles ... more 

Maximum gate width 8 metres 

Maximum distance of low voltage power cable is 15 metres using 2.5mm2 TPS cable, 25 metres using 4mm2 TPS cable or 35m with 6mm2 TPS cable. This is assuming gate will be running at maximum gate weight, the distance can by more for lighter weight gates.

Warranty: 24 months

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How this Motor Compares to Others?

The thing that stands out most with Nice Slight is its compact foot print making it ideal for sliding gates in limited space and with its robust construction and the possible added features making it ideal when many homes or offices share one gate. 

It differs from the Dace and Centsys motors in that it doesn't run off a battery and is 24V rather than 12V so the low voltage option runs off low voltage power from the house or where ever it is plugged in. The good thing with this is you get the advantage of low voltage power yet never need to worry about replacing the battery as the batteries generally only last 3 to 5 years depending on use.  

The disadvantage of this is the low voltage cabling does need to be heavier duty than that used for trickle charging the Dace or Centsys motors, although 4mm2 garden lighting or solar cable is well priced so this isn't too bad and the King motors do have the option of a battery backup that does reduce the low voltage cable size too as the battery backup compensates for any voltage drop in the low voltage cable.

Nice Motors all have die cast aluminium base like the King motor have, which tends to be more rigid than the Dace motor and the Censys motors that are plastic. 

The method for detecting the open and close limits with Nice Slight uses what Nice describe as an absolute encoder, which is basically a mechanism inside the motor that keeps track of the exact open and close position even if power is lost, with the added advantage of not requiring any striker plates on the rack keeping things even more compact.

The Dace and Centsys motors use a different system that counts the rotations of the motor as it moves and when it gets to a pre-learned position will stop.  They have a single magnet on the gate that works as a reference point to keep the gate on track so to speak although if power is lost the motor won't know where it is when power is restored. The Dace and Centsys motor both run off a battery so the likely hood of this happening is very unlikely and if it does it just means the gate will run a a crawl when first powered up until it finds the reference magnet or hits the open or close hard stop, then it will return to normal.

The Manual Release of the Nice Motors is simpler to use than the Dace or Centsys motors, which is a good thing if you get home and find your gate isn't working because the power is off and you need to quickly release is so you can open it manually, although the Dace and Centsys motors run off a battery so if the power is off they will keep working anyway so the manual release isn't so necessary.