Safety Installation Information; Opener Assembly - Overhead door 1026 User Manual

IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING:
1. READ AND FOLLOW ALL SAFETY, INSTALL ATION
AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS.
questions or do not understand an instruction, call the
Overhead Door Corporation or an authorized Overhead
Door Dealer.)
2. Install only on a properly balanced sectional garage door.
An improperly balanced door could cause severe injury.
Have a trained door system technician make repairs or
adjustments to cables, spring assemblies, and other
hardware before installing the opener.
3. Remove all ropes and remove or make inoperative all
locks connected to the garage door before installing opener.
4. Where possible, install the door opener 7 feet or more
above the floor. For products having an emergency
release, mount the emergency release 6 feet above the floor.
NOTE: Please follow ALL instructions in their NUMBERED sequence. Use Wall Button and safety sensors
provided with this unit. Do NOT substitute Wall Button or safety sensors.
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OPENER ASSEMBLY

RAIL ASSEMBLY: Use a clean, flat surface.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury to persons or
damage to property - Use this opener only
with sectional doors.
CAUTION
Do NOT run until opener is fully assembled.
Clear a workspace area to unpack and organize box
and contents for assembly.
1. There are 4, or more, boxes inside the carton.
Each box is numbered 1 - 4. Note that some
openers will contain the same parts and be
packaged with fewer boxes. Carefully remove
the three internal boxes (Labeled #1, 2, and 3)
and place them on the floor for easy access
(Fig. 1-1). These boxes contain assembly parts
and the contents are organized by assembly
tasks. For quick reference inside the lid of each
box there is a label illustrating the components
inside.
2. Remove the motor power head and place it on
the floor for later use. Remove box #4 and
place it on the floor for later use.
To reduce the risk of severe injury or death:
(If you have
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5. Do NOT connect the opener to source of power until
instructed to do so.
6. Locate the control button:
• Within sight of door,
• At minimum height of 5 feet so small children are not
able to reach it, and
• Away from all moving parts of the door.
7. Install the Entrapment WARNING Label next to the
control button in a prominent location. Install the
Emergency Release Tag on or next to the
emergency release.
8. After installing the opener, the door must reverse within
2 seconds when it contacts a 1-1/2 inch high object (or a
2 x 4 board laid flat) on the floor.
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Bag 4
Door
Door Bracket
Control
Wire
Bag 6
Insulated
Staple
Bag 7
Wall Control
Box Label Example
FIG. 1-1 Internal boxes.
REV. 1
#4
clevis pin & cotter pin
Bag 5
bolts &
nuts
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