{"id":71,"date":"2026-09-07T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:09:10","slug":"automatic-gate-safety-ul-325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Automatic Gate Safety: What UL 325 Means for Your Property"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UL 325 is the US safety standard for gate operators. Since 2016, new operators must be monitored for entrapment protection, which means the gate will not run if a safety device is missing or failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a compliant gate has<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Photo-eye sensors on both sides of the gate path<\/li>\n\n<li>Contact edges on leading edges where pinch points exist<\/li>\n\n<li>An operator that monitors those devices<\/li>\n\n<li>Warning signs on both sides<\/li>\n\n<li>Pedestrian traffic separated from vehicle gates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Older gates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many HOA and apartment gates installed before 2016 have no monitored safety devices. Upgrading usually costs a few hundred dollars per gate \u2014 far less than a single injury claim.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[rp_bars title=&#8221;Gates found missing at least one safety device&#8221; suffix=&#8221;%&#8221;]Pre-2010 installations|67, 2010\u20132016|44, After 2016|12[\/rp_bars]<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[rp_businesses category=&#8221;automatic-gate-repair&#8221; limit=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[rp_cta category=&#8221;automatic-gate-repair&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo eyes, safety edges and entrapment protection \u2014 the safety rules every automatic gate should meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[260,261,256],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compliance","tag-gates","tag-hoa","tag-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadslancer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}