The pull cord on your Lake Zurich garage door opener is garage door opener insurance

You’ve probably noticed that there is a cord, with a small handle, hanging down from your Lake Zurich garage door opener. Sometimes, it’s a yellow pull cord. Sometimes, it’s a white pull cord, or black. And, sometimes, it’s red-and-white striped. But, the color really doesn’t matter. What matters is that the cord is there when you need it.

When do you need the pull cord hanging down from your garage door opener? You need it if you don’t want to use the electric garage door opener or if you can’t use the electric garage door opener.

Without the pull cord, if there was a power outage or you otherwise didn’t have electricity running to the garage door opener, such as if the circuit breaker for the garage door opener was tripped, you would have trouble opening the garage door unless there was a redundant system – i.e., the pull cord.

The garage door opener could also break down. If so, until a garage door repair technician could arrive, without the pull cord, you’d have trouble opening the garage door.

If you need to open your Lake Zurich garage door without the benefit of your garage door opener, all you need to do is pull the pull cord to release the latch that disengages the garage door opener. You still have to lift the garage door manually but you won’t be fighting a losing battle with the garage door opener (if you’re really strong and could win that fight – don’t. You’ll damage the garage door and garage door opener).

Once you’ve pulled the pull cord, and disengaged the garage door opener, if you want to use the garage door opener again later, you have to re-engage it. To do so, pull the pull cord again and push the garage door all the way up until you hear it click.

Of course, if your Lake Zurich garage door opener does stop working, or the electricity stops short of the garage door opener, be sure to call a qualified garage door technician. And, if your pull cord comes off the garage door opener, you may also want to call an garage door technician to replace it so, if you need it, it’s there.