Archive for August, 2010
Special power requirements for electric doors?
Categories: Automatic Garage Doors
Electric garage doors have been manufactured with ease-of-use in mind. This idea has been carried over into the area of installation.
Automatic garage door opener units come supplied with a normal 3-pin plug as standard, so will plug into a standard household socket. Yes, there’s none of those funky Euro-only or American plugs to worry about.
The 3-pin plug socket should be situated in relative proximity to the garage door opening (if you have a very long garage); however, if you do not have power available in your garage, we recommend that you contact a certified electrician.
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Categories: General
You should always be concerned about garage door cables fraying especially when consideration is made that the problem is only likely to get worse. In most instances, we would advise against any use of the garage door if it appears that your garage door could compromise your personal safety.
Most garage doors operate through the use of heavy-duty springs which enable the easy open/close operation of your garage door. A sudden brake of a cable could cause a spring to suddenly lose tension and/or snap causing incidental injury.
If the cable is severely frayed to where there is only a few strands left that could break at any moment, the cable should be replaced by a qualified garage door service technician as soon as possible.
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