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Battery backup for garage doors
- Thread starter ICE
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Thats stupid. All garage doors have a rope to pull that releases the opener, and if the springs are adjusted properly its easy to open. Number 2 ... if its a true emergency like a fire ... drive through the door.
I saw a note on another forum that sacramento county has essentially outlawed people from working on their own cars in their own garage.
I saw a note on another forum that sacramento county has essentially outlawed people from working on their own cars in their own garage.
I think this is cheaper on the release:::
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I have had battery back up for about four years,,,
Only checked it when I installed it.
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I have had battery back up for about four years,,,
Only checked it when I installed it.
ICE
Oh Well
After the recent wild fires several elderly people were found dead in their garage. It has been posited that they couldn’t get the door open. That’s a reasonable assumption. The reaction to the occurrence is not even close to reasonable.
TheCommish
Registered User
Soo when the battery goes bad will there a beeping noise to indicated low or old battery
ICE
Oh Well
It might sound more like someone beating it with a bat.
ICE
Oh Well
my250r11
Sawhorse
no one will maintain them, and its more likely that the smoke got the elderly, especially if the door wasn't closed behind them because people undo the spring hinges or remove them altogether.
Builder Bob
Sawhorse
The battery will go bad without any down time from constant charging....... even if the charging is regulated, the battery never discharges the energy under load so the cells never get exercised.
Great for about a year or two, then dead. Why do you think a ten year battery for a smoke detector was developed?
Great for about a year or two, then dead. Why do you think a ten year battery for a smoke detector was developed?
steveray
SAWHORSE
fatboy
Administrator
I believe there was a code change along these lines proposed to the IRC Committee last spring, if I am correct, it went down in flames.
The rope is not accessible....
ADA adapter kit for garage door release:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Blue-Hawk-0-25-in-x-100-ft-Braided-Polypropylene-Rope/50405958
tmurray
SAWHORSE
Is the term
Reasonable accommodations??
Now that you bring it up
What about apartment garages used by an accessible person ???
Are all the controls installed at correct height?
And the aforementioned garage door release??
my250r11
Sawhorse
Is there even a line to where we will go so far that it discriminates against they normal able bodied person.
conarb
Registered User
Is there even a line to where we will go so far that it discriminates against they normal able bodied person.
That question should be answered by the Supreme Court in the current Asian students against Harvard University, the basic question is "can you discriminate against one racial group to aid another racial group?", so far oral argument indicate the Court is going to rule race cannot be used in admissions criteria. If the Court does say that race can't be used then the question will then be can ability, or lack thereof, be used to discriminate against one group in favor of another group.