If you must use an extension cord to plug in your heat tape, be sure it is of proper size and intended for outdoor use. Manufacturers strongly recommended that a heat tape be plugged into a GFCI protected circuit. Never plug in a heat tape while it is coiled. ...
Most garage doors use torsion springs instead of extension springs to counter-balance the weight of the door. Torsion springs are coiled around a shaft, and they are secured with a safety cable to prevent broken parts from being propelled throughout the garage if the spring breaks. Older garage...
It turns out that the motor reeled in the entire remaining cable and it wound around the drive pulley and filled up the plastic housing, shattering it, and then the cable wrapping around the shaft forced the pulley off and this is what I was left with (right door) when I ...