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Posted by on April 1, 2007, 9:27 am
> On 31 Mar 2007 06:02:26 -0700, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
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> >> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:50:12 -0500, "Steve Barker"
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> >> >My nearest neighbor is almost 1 mile away, and they are 85 years old. If
> >> >their kids get under my door, they deserve what they get. And the reverse
> >> >does activate with just one finger holding the door from moving.
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> >> How the hell does any concious human get pinned under a garage door,
> >> anyway? It's not like the damn things sneak up and jump you.
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> >I could see it happening very easily with young kids playing. Like
> >trying to mimic what you see on TV, where some Indian Jones character
> >dives and rolls under a closing door. Or even a toddler wandering
> >into the way while the parent isn't looking. Now how big of a
> >problem it really is and whether doors without a light beam safety
> >system cause serious injury to a significant number of people is
> >another question. But it doesn't seem like an unreasonable or costly
> >safety item to me.
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> I"m sure they cost barely anything. And installation is normally only
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> And I knjow they can be dangerous. Haven't you seen that commercial
> where the guy finds a wall switch they never use, his wife doesn't
> know what it's for, and every time he turns it on and off, the garage
> door 3 doors away whacks the neighbors car.- Hide quoted text -
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Also, the electric eye sensor adds another feature. On my Sears unit,
with the door open, when you break the beam by walking by, it turns on
the light in the opener so you can see where you're going at night.
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