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Lights under sliding gate?

pr3dict

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Does anyone know where I can find any good quality solar panels that I can then hook up to solar lights? I can only find these really bad quality ones on Amazon that have died on me twice in a year.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SZTGJQN/?tag=atomicindus08-20

These are going under a sliding driveway gate to illuminate where the gate is at night. I'd hardwire it but I also cant find some kind of traveler cable that can power the lights but also move with the track.

Any ideas?
 
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These are going under a sliding driveway gate to illuminate where the gate is at night. I'd hardwire it but I also cant find some kind of traveler cable that can power the lights but also move with the track.

Spitballing here:

What about using SO cable on a small retractable reel that’s mounted near where the end of the gate is while open?
 
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pr3dict

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Kinda what I was thinking also but couldnt find one that made a lot of sense. The power would be coming from where the gate is at a closed position. It's a 15' gate so to put a power cord STARTing where the gate is at an opened position would be a lot of wasted cord. Also I don't know how I feel about having a 15' cord suspended from a post or something all the time when it's closed.

I was hoping there would be a good way to manage the cable with a reel type thing but again cant seem to find the right type for what I'm imagining.

https://www.mcmaster.com/retractable-cord-reels/ Have a bunch of different types of things that retract.
 
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