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Safety Symbol and Signal Word Review
This garage door opener has been designed and tested to offer safe service provided it is installed,
operated, maintained and tested in strict accordance with the instructions and warnings contained in this
manual.
When you see these Safety Symbols and Signal Words on the following pages, they will alert you to the
possibility of
serious injury or death
if you do not comply with the warnings that accompany them. The
hazard may come from something mechanical or from electric shock. Read the warnings carefully.
Mechanical
Electrical
When you see this Signal Word on the following pages, it will alert you to the possibility of damage to
your garage door and/or the garage door opener if you do not comply with the cautionary statements that
accompany it. Read them carefully.
Check the Door
To prevent possible SERIOUS INJURY or DEATH:
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ALWAYS call a trained door systems technician if garage door binds, sticks, or is out of balance.
An unbalanced garage door may NOT reverse when required.
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NEVER try to loosen, move or adjust garage door, door springs, cables, pulleys, brackets or their
hardware, ALL of which are under EXTREME tension.
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Disable ALL locks and remove ALL ropes connected to garage door BEFORE installation and
operating garage door opener to avoid entanglement.
To prevent damage to garage door and opener:
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ALWAYS disable locks BEFORE installing and operating the opener.
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ONLY operate garage door opener at 120 V, 60 Hz to avoid malfunction and damage.
1. Disable locks and remove any ropes connected to the garage door.
2. Lift the door halfway up. Release the door. If balanced, it should stay in
place, supported entirely by its springs.
3. Raise and lower the door to check for binding or sticking. If your door
binds, sticks, or is out of balance, call a trained door systems technician.
4. Check the seal on the bottom of the door. Any gap between the floor
and the bottom of the door must not exceed 1/4 inch (6 mm). Otherwise,
the safety reversal system may not work properly.
5. The opener should be installed above the center of the door. If there is
a torsion spring or center bearing plate in the way of the header
bracket, it may be installed within 4 feet (1.2 m) to the left or right of the
door center. See page 11.
Torsion
Spring
Extension
Spring
OR
Preparation
