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06-24-2005, 01:13 PM
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I was drying off my roof inside garage today, and hit the wire that hangs down off the reciever in the back off the garage door motor....the wire is stripped back for better recieving...well the wire hit the cross bar and activated the door open to my surprise...never new this could happen...so beware it could trigger door on the way in or out.....just bend the wire up out of the way to be safe... nothing worst than having the door closing while your backing out........soft..
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06-24-2005, 01:13 PM
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I was drying off my roof inside garage today, and hit the wire that hangs down off the reciever in the back off the garage door motor....the wire is stripped back for better recieving...well the wire hit the cross bar and activated the door open to my surprise...never new this could happen...so beware it could trigger door on the way in or out.....just bend the wire up out of the way to be safe... nothing worst than having the door closing while your backing out........soft..
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06-24-2005, 01:26 PM
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That pic makes me laugh everytime I see it.
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06-24-2005, 03:10 PM
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At least in Call-ee-FOR-nya, garage door openers are required to have a safety light beam across the door's threshold. If the beam is broken while the door is in motion, it automatically goes up. You might want to consider that alternative.
Aligning the light beam units can be a pain though.
George SSSS
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06-24-2005, 05:06 PM
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george,,, by the time you break the beam its too late... older openers don't require the light sensors, but do have a built in reverse .that if set wrong will crush whats ever in its way, before changing direction......soft...
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06-24-2005, 11:57 PM
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Glade I have 10ft doors. it gives me a few inches to clear the opener.
Was there much damage to your rig?
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06-25-2005, 01:18 AM
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not mine captainmike,,,,just opened on its own when the antenna wire touched the front bar......soft....
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06-25-2005, 01:43 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GeorgeSSSS:
At least in Call-ee-FOR-nya, garage door openers are required to have a safety light beam across the door's threshold. If the beam is broken while the door is in motion, it automatically goes up. You might want to consider that alternative.
Aligning the light beam units can be a pain though.
George SSSS </div></BLOCKQUOTE>SOP here, too. But if the rig is parked partially in or out it's still coming down.
Check your auto reverse feature on the opener with a roll of papertowels. The towels should not crush all the way.<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Originally posted by captainmike:
Glade I have 10ft doors. it gives me a few inches to clear the opener. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I can clear a standard height garage door and opener. You must have one big-ass truck.
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06-25-2005, 03:33 AM
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Hehehe, I've hit the garage twice already... Once, because the wife closed it a couple of inches without reversing it, the other time with my tire carrier open.... :P
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06-25-2005, 04:45 AM
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Regarding the light-beam garage door safety devices: Everyone is making good points about their limitations. A couple of times when I knew things would be dicey, I placed a coffee can in front of the sensor to keep the light beam permanently interrupted to prevent the door from closing. You can't always function that way because it defeats the idea of an automatic opener, but when I knew things would be odd, it was an easy way to keep things safe.
George SSSS
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06-25-2005, 05:55 AM
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According to code, our beams are 6" or less from the ground. With the H2's ground clearance, you could easily land a dorr on your truck. But you could install a second beam, say 2' off the ground. Problem solved.
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06-25-2005, 01:22 PM
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Tower: I think you're too smart and logical to hang out with our crowd.
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06-25-2005, 02:35 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GeorgeSSSS:
Tower: I think you're too smart and logical to hang out with our crowd.
George SSSS </div></BLOCKQUOTE>That's not true. I think you all are strange for having to consider it. Much less HIT the door. Damn....
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