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Problem with Beninca R1.6E
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I have a Beninca R1.6E which has been playing up. A couple of years ago I disabled the "magic eyes" because a periodic malfunction was stopping the gate from closing. I did this with microswitch 4 in the control box. Recently they have been constantly clicking on and off, so I removed the covers and cleaned out all the spiders, live slugs and assorted other muck. Since then the gate won't work at all. I have checked the connections and all seems okay. Could there be a problem with one of the pcbs? Is there a way of permanently disabling them at the control box? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Terry
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#2
Hi Terry,
These are relay photocells which work with a 'normally closed' contact. In order for you to test whether it is definitely the photocells causing this issue, you can bypass them by linking out the 'NC & C' on the photocells or the corresponding contacts they have been wired into on the control panel. If your gates start operating then I would recommend that you replace the cells ensuring some level of safety on there.
Kindest regards,
Dave

(29-03-2014, 05:28 PM)TerryDorset Wrote: I have a Beninca R1.6E which has been playing up. A couple of years ago I disabled the "magic eyes" because a periodic malfunction was stopping the gate from closing. I did this with microswitch 4 in the control box. Recently they have been constantly clicking on and off, so I removed the covers and cleaned out all the spiders, live slugs and assorted other muck. Since then the gate won't work at all. I have checked the connections and all seems okay. Could there be a problem with one of the pcbs? Is there a way of permanently disabling them at the control box? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Terry
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#3
Hi Dave

Thanks for the reply. I'll bear it in mind when I've sorted a somewhat bigger problem.
I discovered power wasn't getting to the controller so I replaced the fuse only for that one to blow in a cloud of smoke! I've had an engineer out who has diagnosed the transformer being shot. Could be worse - could have been the motor!Sad
Don't know if my cleaning the photocells has had any bearing on the problem or whether it's coincidence. I'll let you know the eventual outcome.
Regards
Terry
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