Airsafety
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I don't know if the 350 and 500 have any common parts, but after disassembling the 500 arm I can't imagine that anything could be any lighter weight.
I doubt that there are any options except to use their board, but their distributors all have lower prices on components and repair parts than buying direct from GTO. Any chance of repairing the bad boards? It just sticks in my craw for a company to refuse to sell repair parts so they can overchage for replacements and I delight in working around them.
One other datapoint that I'll toss out is that X10 components can easily be wired in to the system. Not only are the X10 remotes much less expensive than the GTO remotes, but X10 controllers allow me to open the gate from the house and an X10 motion sensor is an easy way to open the gate for exit.
I doubt that there are any options except to use their board, but their distributors all have lower prices on components and repair parts than buying direct from GTO. Any chance of repairing the bad boards? It just sticks in my craw for a company to refuse to sell repair parts so they can overchage for replacements and I delight in working around them.
One other datapoint that I'll toss out is that X10 components can easily be wired in to the system. Not only are the X10 remotes much less expensive than the GTO remotes, but X10 controllers allow me to open the gate from the house and an X10 motion sensor is an easy way to open the gate for exit.
