The wire is much like a coat hanger that you get from dry cleaners.I don't think I could do that trick to grab the emergency latch from outside in 6 seconds. I don't own such a piece of stiff wire he used, and having no window in the door to see where the wire is going, it would probably take me longer to open it that way than for the power to be restored.
So far as the door having a keyed release cable, I don't know. I will check for that, and if it does, that my bro has the key.
Honestly, I never realized how insecure these things are.
I think that one day, I am going to try the UPS to power the door opener. Can't really go wrong. If it can't, the overload protection will kick in.
That usually works but power is out right now. :biggrin2:dude, just use the force
your assuming that 'power' and 'force' are the same :devil3::vs_cool:That usually works but power is out right now. :biggrin2:
You take your garages seriously. I respect that. But on the other side of the coin, it's an effin' garage. For most people, temporarily losing access to a plastic basketball hoop, some deflated pool toys, and a couple of broken garden rakes isn't that big of a deal. :vs_smirk:Just remember that all GDO's have emergency releases on the inside. Whether or not the installer actually installed the rope and handle.
For your brother, since the garage door is the only method if egress/ingress, having a GDO without some other means of powering it besides electricity is a bit short sighted.
It seems to me that he needs to explore multiple options, and rather quickly. The first is to make sure that the emergency release is attached to the GDO so that he can exit the garage in case the door is down and there is no power.
Second, he needs to make sure that the door can open if there is no power. Whether it be a battery backup to the GDO (an add on like a UPS or a new GDO with a built in Battery back up) or a release of some sort as has been mentioned above. Or an external door.
Frankly I am a bit dumbfounded that a garage was built without only a garage door as the only entrance. But then, I would never design it that way. And, it isn't my garage.
Not my garages, but, my cars, my workshop. My toys. My place to sleep when I am in the doghouse. :devil3:You take your garages seriously. I respect that. But on the other side of the coin, it's an effin' garage. For most people, temporarily losing access to a plastic basketball hoop, some deflated pool toys, and a couple of broken garden rakes isn't that big of a deal. :vs_smirk: