Gate Report, Dec. 12, 2006

Thanks to Steve Blaha who made a metal shade for the card reader display screen. It looks much more professional that the one I fashioned from sheet insulation and should last indefinitely. It is held in place with two Phillips-head screws. To get into the display screen box, you need to remove the hood.

Gate Operation
There was one gate break since the Nov. OA meeting. This was on Sat. Dec. 9 at about 10 PM. The gate arm was replaced on Sun. Dec. 10 at about 10 AM by R. Hirsch. The video equipment was no help in identifying the breaker as the power failure in early Dec. disabled the recorders and they were not reset until Dec. 10. 

We’ve noticed that for the last month or so the Saturday mail carrier has been arriving after 1 PM when the gate is down. This is due to a very large volume of holiday mail. We have therefore set the gate to stay open on Sat. from 9 AM to 1 PM instead of 9 AM to 12 noon. Some time in Jan. we will return gate open hrs to 9 AM to 12 noon.

As far as I know the gate operated normally during the power failure. That is, both gates went to the ‘UP’ position when power ran out. After power returned I manually set the gates to ‘UP’ position for a few days to make it easier for plowing snow, etc.

Rich Hirsch for the Gate Committee