5 Reasons Your Garage Door Opens By Itself: Fix Ghost Openings

Ghost openings occur when a garage door randomly opens by itself. They are caused by a variety of things ranging from user error to damaged and malfunctioning parts. An open garage door poses a huge security risk leaving your home or business open to intruders and mother nature. Most people use their openers around work......

How much weight can a garage door opener lift: Over 100 pounds!

Like many other motors, garage door openers are rated with horsepower (hp) or horsepower similar (hps) for DC motors. Based on this rating a 1/2 HP opener should be able to lift about 185 pounds and a 3/4 HP opener should be able to lift over 370 pounds. Unfortunately, this is not the case since......

Light Bulbs For Garage Door Openers: Incandescent CFL LED

Garage door opener light bulbs are size A19 with maximum wattage of 100W for incandescent bulbs and 10W for LED bulbs.  Exceeding the manufactures guidelines could damage your opener, cause interference or even void your warranty. The best and safest light bulb for your opener is the Genie Universal LED Bulb. When looking to install......

Jackshaft Side Mount Liftmaster 8500W / 8900W: I’ll Never Buy Another Drawbar Opener Again

The Liftmaster 8500 jackshaft sidemount opener is an engineering marvel – freeing up valuable overhead space while reducing clutter in your garage. Instead of the standard drawbar and motor ceiling installation, the 8500 mounts on either side of your garage door and directly turns the torsion shaft. When building a garage work shop or garage......

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