I needed to build a gate for a park at work that opens in the morning and closes in the evening on a timer but it also needs to let people out if they gate closes on them at night and it's strongly preferable if it could be solar powered (as running 120v to the gate would be expensive and time consuming). I went with Ghost Controls because the price was a little better than Mighty Mule and their support articles were much better. Well I looked around and couldn't find much firsthand info about wiring a timer into a DIY solar-powered automatic gate system. Thankfully, Ghost Controls has an article about adding a timer that outlines all the basics pretty well. So this is more just me confirming their help article is correct and letting you know about any quirks I run into with the system. I also end up needing to troubleshoot a few things with the solar panel and vehicle sensor, so I share those as well. Apologies for the video being an hour long but when I spend 13 hours in the August sun working, I start rambling from the dehydration. I cut as much as I could without making it incoherent.

Here's Ghost Controls' support article on wiring in the timer:
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Here's Ghost Controls' support article on troubleshooting vehicle sensor issues:
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