Energy Guide

The SENTRY Solar Charged System
TheSentrygateopeneristhersttrulysolarchargedgateopenerfortheDoItYourselfmarket.The
systemdesignandtheaccessoriesrecommendedareallSolarFriendlymeaningthattheyrequirethe
leastamountofenergypossibletoperformthejobtheyweredesignedtodo.Thesolaroptionallows
youtoinstallthegateopenerinremoteareasorinapplicationswhereyouprefertobesolarcharged.
SolarchargingdoesprovideisolationfromlightningthatmightdamagetheunitviatheACpower
needed for the transformer.
TheSentrygateopenerisdesignedtoprovideenoughcyclesadayformostinstallationswithout
needingmorethanonesolarpanel.Caremustbetakentoensurethesolarpanelhasfullsun
throughouttheday;partialsunwillgivepartialresults.Ifnosunispresentthenasolarsystemisnot
practicalnomatterhowmanypanelsmightbeinstalled.SolarPanelmustbekeptcleanandinfull
sunlight.
Thedesignofthesystemmustpayparticularattentiontoanyaccessoriesthatmightbeadded,
useonlySolarFriendlyaccessoriestohelpavoidprematurebatteryfailure.Foracompletelistof
accessoriespleasevisitwww.sentrygateopener.com.
GATE CYCLES PER DAY SOLAR CHARGED SYSTEM (OptionalSolarKitPN#520015)
Solarchargedsystemsshouldnotexceedthecycleslistedinthechartbelow.Thesenumbersare
basedonasingle5wattsolarpanelinstallation.Ifadditionalpanelsareinstalledadditionalcycleswill
be available.
Model Type REGION 1 REGION 2 REGION 3
Sentry 300 S single gate 8cyclesperday 27cyclesperday 50cyclesperday
Sentry 300 D dual gate 5cyclesperday 13cyclesperday 23cyclesperday
Region1coverstheareaofthecountryreceivingtheleastamountofsolarradiation.Onaveragethe
amountofchargetimeis1.5hoursinregion1,3hoursinregion2and5hoursinregion3.
TheseareconservativenumbersandtheSentryopenershouldhavenoproblem
performingasstatedinthechartabove.SeeRegionMapabovetodeterminecycles
thatcanbeexpected.Thesenumbersarebasedonabasicsystemandaddingsolar
friendlyaccessorieswillnothaveanygreataffectonthenumbersstated.Usingother
accessoriescancauseprematurebatteryfailure.Lookforthesolarfriendlylogowhen
consideringaccessoriesforyourgateopener.
REGION 1
Hours of Solar Radiation 1.5
#CyclesPerDay8(300S)
REGION 2
Hours of Solar Radiation 3
#CyclesPerDay27(300S)
REGION 3
Hours of Solar Radiation 5
#CyclesPerDay50(300S)