The modern overhead garage door is one of those things that most people take for granted. They don’t remember a time when entering the garage entailed more than just pushing a button while moving up the driveway and having the door close automatically behind them once they were safely inside. But all it takes to bring back the not-so-good old days is one good old fashioned power outage. When that happens everyone is suddenly reminded what life was like when you had to get out of your car and manually lift and close the door. Everyone, that is, except those people who have a battery backup on their overhead door.
The battery backup is a feature that automatically kicks in should the main power source go down for some reason and here are just some of the reasons you should have one on your garage door.
While you can’t retrofit your old garage door opener to a backup battery you may want to know what type of battery to look for when you decide to ditch your old opener for a backup compatible one. In general you’ll want a battery that will provide at least 50 cycles after the power goes out. You’ll want one that’s easy to mount. And it would be best if the battery had an LED indicator on it that let you see the current battery level. In addition the battery should have a minimum warranty of at least 1 year.
To learn more about garage door openers with backup battery capability contact A Better Garage Door or review the features of the garage door openers we offer.