Could this motor be mounted upside down? to pull down instead of straight up? Like in a pulley system? how does it know when the door is all the wayup
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The pull strength is not very strong. Will barely pull up a 16x9x3/8" thick plywood door. The motor switches on and off as it reaches a switch setting you can adjust.
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that's very odd, why do you want to installed like that. i think you can if you fabricate a design with two or more pulley. I think is easier and simple with a normal installation. if you still want to do it your way as you say let us know please. thanks
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No, it only can be mounted one way on the included rail. On the dial it has two adjustable arms that trip a switch (on, off) when it rotates. It takes A LOT of time to fiddle, adjust and tune to get the arms to turn off and on to make the door work properly. NOT WORTH IT!!! My recommendation is not to mess with this. The door opener I replaced this for was installed in less than 30 minutes and has worked FLAWLESSLY ever since - and it's battery powered!! Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener
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I can't see why not. The motor runs a certain cycle, you just adjust the string at the hatch.
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I would guest so, the weight of the door would be the key, to a long life of the motor, the should be as light as possible.
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simple answer is no, unless you can push your door up with a two foot piece of string. It only runs for a set number of revolutions, it takes up approx. one foot of string, which raises the door approx. one foot.
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Yes & No. Turn it "upside down" to have it open the other way. They do not have the holes or fixed nuts on the other side to enable mounting the hinges. You could however drill holes & supply your own nuts, which would not be that difficult. We have two of these mounted 14" apart, the left one opens from the right & the right one opens on the left. Technically, before hanging there is no "upside down". BTW, we love them!
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Hi. I looked through the manual, and there's nothing in there about reversing the door. So I'd say "no".
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it will work upside down, you have to just cover the hole when turning it over.
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It probably could be used to pull it up but not sure how it would work for lowering door.
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I don't see why not. Although I did not install it myself. I had my electrician do it. Looking at it though, I don't see any issue with hanging it upside down.
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I use upside down from picture with a carrier when I use the carrier and it allows room to open the SUV gate if stuff not to high. Also use as a drop to level the trailer. Only downside is it sticks out when nothing onit.
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Deborah, it is not really difficult to reverse this motor. You must unbolt the center shafted portion by unbolting the two bolts that hold the motor together. Then separate the two ends from the shaft, turn the shafted core in the opposite direction and put the motor back together by sliding the ends back on and reinstalling the bolts. Take note of the amount of pressure (torque) that it took to untighten the two bolts to begin with so you do not snap the bolts or make them too loose. I also had to shorten the shaft length by hacksawing off just over an inch from the long shaft end. Hope this helps you. Jake
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No, if the motor runs with the door open. You might have a bad switch or connection. Don't think it the unit pictured.
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yes, when removing the motor from the "gear" as I mentioned do not over tighten the "screws." I had to "adjust" the pull down to the proper level so the motor would work "pulling-down" when it hit the pull down switch lever., I had to take the "gear" off several times to adjust.
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No, the motor direction is controlled from the base of the motor housing with a switch from one direction to the other.... Typically, you would just need to adjust it seasonally anyway whether your intention was to draw hot air down from the ceiling during the winter or pull cool air up from the floor in the summer. BTW, it's very quiet and powerful little unit. Very happy with it.
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Flip it upside down. Can even be installed horizontally, such as on the top of a sliding glass door
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I checked the specs again on amazon--not mentioned. guessing here that fractional hp motors built for belt drive apps are internal capacitor. mine's on a lathe--bump the switch and it's on. for a g-door opener--check the specs on the old one if you have it. a lot of those--i think--are chain drive into a gear reduction unit. size of the door might determine the hp rating. also, this motor is split phase, meaning it can run clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on how it is wired. good luck to you and I hope this helps out.
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Hi, I use mine to pull horizontally - no problem. If I was to use it for heavy downward pulling, I'd mount it upside-down, but I'm quite sure there would be no problem mounting it either way.
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It is not set up to reverse, however, it is a two wire 12v DC motor, and you could put a double pole double throw (DPDT) switch in the power feed to reverse the polarity, and thus the motor direction
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I agree with Kevin and Brett; at a certain current the motor will stop. I expect it will reverse if it's stopped at other than the down position. Has anyone had an operational problem? Mine normally work; but sometimes, if the passenger door is opened first, the driver side won't come down.
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To the extent my knoledge no.....But I installed mine right next to the motor in the air so nothing can trip it!(Did the same thing on my dads (different motor) but it would not work with out hooking them up)It has a safety if your foot is under the door it opens back up. Thats enuf of a safety for me!Just install them 6 inches apart next to the motor easy fix