Almost there – wiring up the safety sensors and control pad The wiring was also secured every couple feet with a low-voltage wire staple gun. If you want the same effect without risking smashing your sensor into something, you can carefully hand-wrap the wire around the screwdriver shaft. They did the same thing where the wires connected to the motor unit, and with the wiring for the wired control panel. After that coil is slid off the screwdriver, a neat coil of cord ensured the cord wouldn’t be too short and also gave a little flexibility in case the sensor’s location needed to be changed in the future. One nifty trick of the trade they employed was to carefully swing one of the sensors so that about a foot or so of cord would wrap itself around the shaft of a long screwdriver. Note stylishly-curled wiringThey also ran included wiring to the two beam sensors that make up the safety stop for the door. With a minimal amount of assembly, the guys were soon bolting the end of the track to the front wall of the garage and securing the motor/head unit to brackets. Given that the track sees more action in its life than a private military contractor in the Bush admin, single-piece tracks just make more sense to me. Although the multi-piece tracks are said to be solid, I feel more comfortable knowing that our track is all one piece. Unlike many openers which have a track that comes in sections, the LiftMaster 8550 has single piece track that’s surprisingly compact. The fact that they had installed thousands of openers and that they were a team of two definitely worked in their favor.
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LiftMaster Garage Door Opener – 8550 Installation Justin and David of Radford Doors doing a short LiftMaster install workoutįarewell old opener!The gents from Radford Doors made incredibly quick work of installing the LiftMaster 8550.
Read on to hear about the garage door opener installation, programming, functionality, noise levels and high-tech bells and whistles. If you think all openers are made the same, wait until you hear about some of the features this LiftMaster garage door opener brings to your door. They sent us their 8550 garage door opener which we’ve been testing for several weeks now. Since our original garage door opener actually required physical assistance opening our old, lightweight door, we reached out to LiftMaster for a little help. Recently, we participated in an extreme garage door makeover project with Clopay Garage Doors. You’re still going to need a cell or wifi connection for your smartphone. Well, close your garage door from almost anywhere in the world.