supply to brick lights from mains electric gate?

[David999]

Yes you have a point thanks!
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Rather than whether it is a 3A fuse blowing or the MCB tripping, the RCD for the gate & new brick lights is perhaps more likely to trip as water, soil, worms, slugs or insects fill up one of the brick lights.

What do you think of solar powered option such as this?

 

[SJD]

My experience of solar powered lights is the batteries tend to be dead after a year or two.

 

[David999]

My experience of solar powered lights is the batteries tend to be dead after a year or two.

Yes still a much cheaper option for client. At least I can give him some options. Thanks.

 

[ruston]

Yes still a much cheaper option for client. At least I can give him some options. Thanks.

I wouldn't be wanting to tap into the gate supply unless it is your last option.
Opening the gates manually could be a chore for an elderly person with no knowledge of how to do it.
As @SJD, slugs and water can be a real pain. I had this problem on a friends gates during the recent wet period . Even though the gate box had been well sealed they still managed to get in.

 

[Mike Johnson]

My Neighbour has electric gates, but our power grid is unreliable (France) the problem is the lady of the house in her 30's can't manually open the gates, it's a Allen key needed to unlock the mechanism, it seems this is a constant problem with electric gates, anyone know if there is a solution?

 

[ruston]

UPS or standby Genny

 

[Mike Johnson]

UPS is a possibility as they do have a barn alongside the gates, I will suggest that to her husband next time he is home, bit of a Doh moment on my part.

 

[Pete999]

Basically Pete you are more concerned about whether or not I am a diyer posing as a recently qualified electrician instead of trying to help me out with some sound advice. Am I wrong?

Yes you are, but it does cross your mind sometimes, anyway my answer was to try ascertain, if you like, what level you were are at, in the Electrical ways, I always do try to see what level people are at, or what their experiences are, and I have in the past been admonished, for what some see as being blunt and to the point.
You seem to have all the help you require, so I will wish you good luck and apologise, as you seem to have misunderstood the meaning in my previous post.