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Ghost Controls Gate Repair in West Hollywood: What to Know First

We repair Ghost Controls gate openers throughout West Hollywood, and most jobs are done in a single visit. You get a written price before we touch anything, and every repair carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If you’re hearing the motor run but the gate won’t move, or the opener won’t respond to the remote, call (424) 321-7416 and a live person answers, day or night.

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This page is for homeowners in West Hollywood who bought a Ghost Controls opener, or inherited one with the house, and now the gate isn’t doing what it should. We work on the full Ghost Controls line: the TDS2, the DTP1, the TSS1, and the AXDP arm systems. As an independent Ghost Controls service provider, we’re not tied to the manufacturer’s warranty queue or their replacement-first approach. We fix what’s failing, and we show you the evidence before we leave.

How Ghost Controls Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Dead control board after a power surge or brownout. The TDS2 and DTP1 motherboards sit directly behind the cover plate with minimal surge protection. West Hollywood’s apartment-heavy blocks mean utility work and transformer resets are common. We see boards where the relay still clicks but the motor output is dead. We test the board on-site, confirm the failure, and replace with either an OEM Ghost Controls board or a quality aftermarket equivalent depending on your warranty status and budget. We photograph the old board, the new board, and the test results.
• Gate stops mid-arc and reverses. This is the classic Ghost Controls symptom. On the TSS1 swing arm, the cause is usually a limit switch that drifted or a travel setting that got corrupted after a power event. It’s not the motor. We reset the travel limits, verify the stall force setting, and run the gate through 10 full cycles before calling it done.
• Remote works from 10 feet but not from the street. Ghost Controls receivers use a small antenna wire that gets pinched or corroded behind the housing. In West Hollywood’s coastal air, corrosion on the antenna connector is common. We clean or replace the antenna lead and reposition it outside the metal housing, then test range from your car at the curb.
• Arm bracket pulling off the gate or post. We see this mostly on the AXDP arm kit when the gate is heavy or the post wasn’t plumb to begin with. The bracket bolts wallow out over time, and the arm starts to flex. We replace the bracket, re-secure it with proper hardware, and add a reinforcing plate if the post can take it. We check the gate’s weight against the arm’s rating while we’re there.
• Battery backup won’t hold a charge. Ghost Controls sells a battery backup box for the TDS2 and DTP1. After 2 to 3 years, the sealed lead-acid battery inside won’t hold voltage. The gate works on AC power but dies the moment the breaker trips. We test the battery under load, replace it if it’s below spec, and note the install date on the new one.

Our Ghost Controls Gate Repair Process

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   You call, a live person answers. We ask what the gate is doing, what model opener you have, and when the problem started. We give you a service window that same day or next morning, depending on urgency.
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   We arrive, we document. The technician photographs the opener, the gate, the post, and the brackets before anything is touched. That’s Clause 4 of The Haven Standard: evidence on every job.
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   We diagnose and write it down. We test the board, the limit switches, the photo-eyes, and the mechanical movement. Nothing gets replaced until we know what failed. Then you get a written price for the repair, and we don’t start until you approve it.
4. 4
   We repair, then we test. The fix goes in, whether it’s a board, a bracket, a limit switch, or a realignment. We run the gate through at least 10 full open-close cycles under load.
5. 5
   We hand you the record. Before we leave, you get a photo log of what we found, what we replaced, and what the settings are now. The part number, the torque settings, the limit positions. All of it.
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   We back it for a year. If anything we fixed fails within 365 days, we come back and make it right. No argument, no fee, no expiration argument. That’s the Done Right Promise.

Adrian Vance started this company in 2014 after years of documenting commercial access-control jobs, and that habit never left. We treat your residential Ghost Controls gate the way we treated a 400-unit apartment complex’s front gate: name what you found, name what it costs, name what you left behind.

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What Ghost Controls Gate Repair Costs in West Hollywood

Here’s what we typically see in West Hollywood for Ghost Controls work:

• Limit switch reset or travel adjustment: $145-$225. This is the most common Ghost Controls repair, and it’s usually resolved in under an hour.
• Control board replacement (TDS2, DTP1, TSS1): $280-$410 depending on model and whether you want OEM or a quality aftermarket board with the same warranty.
• Bracket repair or arm reinforcement (AXDP): $190-$320 including hardware and labor. If the gate post needs welding work, that’s quoted separately.
• Battery backup replacement: $90-$150 installed.
• Full diagnostic with no repair: $95, credited toward any repair we do the same day.

What moves the price is parts availability, whether the gate is still true on its hinges, and whether we’re correcting someone else’s previous repair. You’ll know the exact number before we pick up a tool. Call (424) 321-7416 for a free estimate over the phone, and we’ll give you a written price before any work begins.

Why West Hollywood Homeowners Call Vance Gate Repair West Hollywood for Ghost Controls Work

We’re the shop that hands you a written price before the repair starts and a photo record when it’s done. That’s the entire reason we exist. We work on Ghost Controls every week, but we also service LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, DoorKing, and five other brands, so if your gate has a different opener on the other leaf or a future problem with another motor, you don’t have to chase down a second company.

Our techs are background-checked, uniformed, and dispatched with a name and photo before they arrive. A live person answers the phone 24/7 in West Hollywood. And every completed job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not right, we make it right, no fee, no argument, within a full year. Under Haven Standard Clause 1, you always have the price in writing before work starts.

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