Fitting Electric Motor To Garage Door

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Fitting electric motor to garage door. Step by step video instruction how to fit roller garage doors by birkdale. Stop at this point and make sure your garage door is not heavy just because it is either too old or fitted incorrectly in the first place as an electric motor may well open and close the door but will not be a safe long term solution. Here i will show how to fit a used up over garage door if you just bought one second hand with no instruction then watch this its quite easy to fit if you. We show you how to fit a motor to a roller door.

If you have low headroom. Then feed the belt or chain through the end of the rail around the pulley then around the other end at the motor. Roll up the door until the mark is visible. In this case we use the ata gdo 6 easy roller gen2 with a light for an internal garage door.

Then lift the door about half a turn from the closed position to give you enough room to drill. Now the door is pinned you can install the motor. We need to reset the limits again this determines the top open position and closed position of your garage door when open or shut. Even if it is the simple nature of sectional doors means that the door should be easily repaired to a condition where it can be motorised.

Use the ata gdo. The common mistake is thinking you should have an electric motor fitted to your door because it is very heavy. This is the largest piece of the opener and it will be positioned furthest from the garage door. Hold down the close button for 6 seconds until it beeps run the door down until you get a nice close on the floor event press set.

Attach the rail to the motor compartment. Install the pulley at end of rail opposite the motor compartment.