GEMS Garage Doors

09/08/2025

07/10/2024

09/02/2023

28/11/2022

Glass Aluminum single sectional garage doors installed by GEMS Garage Doors.

08/07/2022

LOAD SHEDDING AND BATTERY BACKUP
Load shedding drastically reduces the lifespan of a battery backup system on your garage door and gate motors if care is not taken to preserve the battery’s state of charge, as these built-in battery backup systems are not designed for regular, long duration power outages.
When a lead acid battery is discharged it should be recharge to full charge state immediately otherwise damage will be caused to the battery.
Lead acid batteries can only be cycled (discharge and fully charged again) so many times in their life. How many cycles depend on the quality of the battery, battery temperature, how deep it is discharged and how long before the battery was returned to its full charged state.
During load shedding batteries are cycled a lot more often, thus shortening the life span of the battery.
Batteries are not getting to fully charge state fast enough after being discharged.
Batteries are being discharged too deep.
Time between load shedding sessions is not always long enough for the batteries to reach full charge state before power goes off again.
Use your backup system more sparingly to help prolong the life of your battery backup system.

14/06/2022

09/05/2022

02/03/2021

“Safety isn’t expensive, it’s priceless.” – Author Unknown

27/02/2021

Not what you want to wake up to.....