Manual Override Electric Garage Door

Do not try to pull the door using the manual release cord.

Manual override electric garage door.

This manual release handle disengages the trolley from the attachment point to the rail. If you experience a lose of power while your door is in the up position please call your local overhead door company. Pull the red cord down firmly once to manually release the door s locking mechanism the opener will make a clicking noise. Step 2 will allow you to freely move the garage door open and close.

Manually move the garage door and return to down position. Pull the emergency release cord toward the door. This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote. Take care when operating the manual release when the door is open as it may.

On most garage door openers there is a rope with a handle on the end usually red. All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually. Walk over to the door to push it up manually. Once you are done maneuvering your garage door and are ready to re engage the automatic door opener please return the garage door back to the down position.

It will snap under the load.