This box is not remotely up to task, nor is the electrical run that feeds it. This is not a good way to run underground feeder cable:
Exposed underground feeder cable
That is an artifact of previous inhabitants exposed by years of erosion. I need to run that through some Liqua Flex conduit and bury it, which requires trenching through limestone. I’d prefer to retire this circuit and skip the chore of doing a proper job, but the gate opener is at the end of the run.
Gate opener controller box with a marine battery
Until I clean up the electrical run, the gate opener’s battery will steadily run down until the gate no longer opens.
Howdy. I’m Ryan Boren (he/they) with Stimpunks Foundation, a nonprofit by and for neurodivergent, disabled, and queer people. I’m a retired tech worker turned wannabe sociologist.
CV: I helped start WordPress.org, WordPress.com, WordCamp.org, and Automattic.com, among the first fully distributed organizations.
About: queer, vegetarian, autistic, bipolar, hyperlexic, power wheelchair user, neuromuscular disease
Location: Dripping Springs, Texas, USA, named after the springs at the Milk House Branch of the Edwards Aquifer, a gathering place for the Tonkawa people, who were here before us. We’re a little west of Austin in Texas Hill Country.
Current SpIns: pens and paper, everyday carry/coping, punk rock, queercore, Ezra Furman, The Linda Lindas, food anime, Thai fisherman pants, Tokyo street fashion, solarpunk, solar energy, heat pumps, electrification, library economies, third places, epistemic injustice, scrollytelling
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