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Electronic Gates for Residential Access

Most Brazilian homes are set up with 1 vehicle gate + 1 pedestrian (social) gate, which works out to 2 electronic gates per house. For the vehicle gate you'll usually see sliding (correr), swing-up (basculante) or sectional (seccional) motors. On a typical residential gate around 5 m wide, a 1/4 HP motor does the job, running off either 220V or 110V depending on where you live.

Newer motors ship with rolling code remotes, which send a fresh code on every activation so a code grabbing attack has nothing to replay. In Brazil the standard warranty runs 1 year under the Consumer Defense Code (CDC). Names you'll run into include Garen, PPA and Rossi. On the accessibility side, gates fall under ABNT NBR 13994, which sets a minimum clear width of 90 cm for pedestrian access.

Applications

You'll find this setup in single-family homes, condominiums and small commercial buildings. A sliding motor works best when the lot has room off to the side, while a swing-up motor is the answer for a narrow garage. If your area suffers outages, add a backup battery (no-break). And it's worth combining the gate with an electronic intercom and CCTV so your security sits in layers rather than on one point.

FAQ

How many gates do I need? Two covers most homes: a vehicle gate plus a separate pedestrian gate, so a guest dropping by doesn't force the whole vehicle gate open just to get in.

Which motor type should I choose? Go sliding on a wide flat lot. Pick a swing-up (basculante) when the garage is narrow but has room overhead, and a sectional when you care about a clean finished look. A 1/4 HP motor handles a gate up to roughly 400 kg.

What is the warranty? Garen, PPA and Rossi all cover 1 year, the CDC standard. A few of their lines push that to 2 or 3 years on the motor itself.