Disengaging and reengaging your automatic garage door opener should be simple and straightforward tasks that allow you to use your door even in the case of a power outage.
Open garage door from outside power outage.
Because the garage door requires electricity in order to open and close with ease this is something that can be shut down due to an electric failure in the event of a storm or other common power outage cause.
6 what to do once the power is restored.
Make sure to remove any source of power from the garage door.
An emergency release cord on the garage door arm opens the trolley to allow you to disengage the garage door from the opener.
Once the door opener trolley is reengaged make sure everything.
If you re locked out when the power is out and the garage is your main way of accessing the home it may be possible to release the lever from the outside.
An alternative method to releasing the door mechanism.
When the power comes back on be sure to disable it before reconnecting the door opener trolley.
Your garage door and its opener are designed to manage this tension safely but be sure not to do anything that feels risky or that seems outside of normal operation.
Open a locked garage door from the outside.
To open it up all you need to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and open the emergency latch which can also be done by the rope many emergency.
If your garage door was initially equipped with a side lock you can use it to lock the door instead of reengaging the garage door trolley.
There are times when due to power outage you won t be able to operate the door.
Now using this method you can open them from both inside and outside.
It s important to get familiar with the layout of the garage door opener spring mechanism in non emergency situations.
Opening your garage door from the outside.
After experiencing a power outage it may be necessary to reconnect your garage door opener.