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Automatic Garage Door Opener Safety & Maintenance Guide
Garage Door Openers are Not Toys
Discuss garage door and opener safety with your children. Explain the danger of being trapped under the door.
Garage Door Opener Safety – An Automatic Decision
Stay away from a moving door.
Keep transmitters and remote controls out
of reach of children.
Do not let children play
with or use trans
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itters or other re
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ote
control devices.
The wall-mounted push button should be
out of reach of children
, at least 5 feet fro
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the nearest standing surface and away fro
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all
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oving parts. Mount and use the button
where you can clearly see the closing garage
door.
Keep the door in sight until it completely
closes
when using the wall-
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ounted push
button or trans
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itter.
A garage door is the largest moving object in the home. An improperly adjusted garage door and opener can exert deadly force when the door closes – which could lead to entrapment of children
or adults and subsequent injury or death.
Proper installation, operation,
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aintenance, and testing of the garage door and auto
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atic opener are necessary to provide a safe, trouble-free syste
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. Careless operation or allowing children to play with
or use garage door opener controls are also dangerous situations that can lead to tragic results. A few si
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ple precautions can protect your fa
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ily and friends fro
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potential har
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. Please review the safety
and
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aintenance tips in this guide carefully and keep it for reference. Check the operation of your garage door and opener to ensure they function in a safe and trouble-free
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anner. Be sure to read all
I
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portant Safety Infor
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ation found in your garage door opener’s
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anual as it provides
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ore details and safety considerations than can be supplied with this guide.
