The power went out at my house this afternoon when I needed to leave for work, so I pulled the red manual release cord on my garage door and then opened it manually. After pulling my car out, I got out and shut the garage door from inside of the garage, and I thought the door would then “click” back into the garage door pulley. My problem is that when the garage door is completely shut, the pulley is still in front of the door when it is completely closed.
What should I do? My plan is, when I get home tonight, to manually open the door and then click my remote door opener so that the pulley will rise up and then (hopefully) re-engage the door. Is that a good idea or is there a better idea?
2007-10-23 07:48:41 · 7 answers · asked by JackRoyerton 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
After you disengage the trolley on your operator (opener), sometimes you have to push the release lever back up. It might be stuck in the release position, causing the operator's trolley to slide right though the lever mechanism.
2007-10-23 09:05:53 · answer #1 · answered by Atom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garage Door Power Outage
2016-10-13 23:07:30 · answer #2 · answered by cassells 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is unusual. I have never heard of this. You could either mount a cut off switch to keep power off while you are home or contact the company that made it to see if they know why this would happen. But, there is no such safety device that would allow a garage door to automaticly open after a power outage. If you take the first option it would still open if you where away from the house during a power outage.
2016-03-16 04:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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The power went out at my house this afternoon when I needed to leave for work, so I pulled the red manual release cord on my garage door and then opened it manually. After pulling my car out, I got out and shut the garage door from inside of the garage, and I thought the door would then “click”...
2015-08-19 04:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by Cly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your plan is correct, however the next time you have a power outage depending on the brand you can unplug the garage door opener and plug it back in and it should reset everything so you won't have this problem again.
2007-10-23 08:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, cycling the door with the remote is the best way to re-engage it to the opener. You may need to "open" it, then "close" it depending on where it is but I have done this several times with my door and it works every time!
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2007-10-23 07:53:56 · answer #6 · answered by Bert C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have done that too. Use the remote first to see if that makes it go back, if not do it manually, then click remote.
2007-10-23 08:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by Susan L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is perfectly right. you nailed it.
2007-10-23 07:54:07 · answer #8 · answered by finalvideoproduction 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋