ᐅ Underground cable for outdoor electric driveway gate: 3x1.5 mm² or 5x1.5 mm²?
Created on: 18 Jun 2018 17:15
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TimB
Hello,
we would like to have an electric sliding gate installed in our driveway. Currently, the foundations for this are being laid. The gate manufacturer specified that a NYY-J 5x1.5mm² underground cable must be installed on site.
However, when we built the house, we unfortunately laid a 15m (50 feet) long NYY-J 3x1.5mm² underground cable to the gate.
Wouldn’t that work as well? Or what is the reason for requiring a 5x instead of a 3x cable for the gate motor? I would rather not ask the gate manufacturer, as they will probably insist on 5x1.5.
Kind regards,
Tim
we would like to have an electric sliding gate installed in our driveway. Currently, the foundations for this are being laid. The gate manufacturer specified that a NYY-J 5x1.5mm² underground cable must be installed on site.
However, when we built the house, we unfortunately laid a 15m (50 feet) long NYY-J 3x1.5mm² underground cable to the gate.
Wouldn’t that work as well? Or what is the reason for requiring a 5x instead of a 3x cable for the gate motor? I would rather not ask the gate manufacturer, as they will probably insist on 5x1.5.
Kind regards,
Tim
Caspar2020 schrieb:
Or does the motor require three-phase power?That was my initial assumption, that a single phase wouldn’t be enough. But others say that one phase is sufficient. Maybe it depends on the type of gate and motor.
When it comes to control cables, I would have expected 3x1.5mm (approximately 16 AWG) wires and the control cable to be separate, not included in the same low-voltage cable. But well, only the supplier and manufacturer know that.