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There is surprisingly little to no info on this on google... Must be the electric gate lobby ;-)

I "inherited" an electric gate that, over the past 5y has been nothing but trouble. It swings both doors open inside, and the electric arms/motors are what keeps it shut...

First it was not closing well, sometimes reopening, not always synced properly for each door, then the integration to house button failed, later the motherboard burned out and all the remotes had to be replaced (new brand, that one was NLA), now the motors died.. The replacement bill is too high for my tastes (not crazy but never ending) and it's not used much. I want to use it manually permanently..

Q for gate pros:

I understand you can leave the motors and arms in place but disconnect each with a bypass key, and go manual (like when power is out). That still offers a lot of resistance to opening by hand but it would "hold" the doors closed/open with no extra anything... Will it "last" used that way or is there a reason not to ?

You can also completely unpin the arm of each gate and now there's almost not enough resistance and the think needs to be held open/closed cause it's super light. I'd need to figure out how to lock it open (pour some concrete and install some pin at each end)... I am planning on buying 2x $50 bayonet style pins to lock it in place closed in the center and similar when open... $200 of pin/concrete vs new equipment.

The only hesitation in my head is it was made for electric operation so it's super light aluminum, drilling thru it for the center lockpins won't look fantastic but I look at a $1800 savings here (or more, as it'll keep breaking I am sure).

Any electric gate pros here thinking that's a bad idea ?