This disengages the electric drive from the door and you can manually open and close it.
Manual override electric garage door.
Pull the emergency release cord toward the door.
On most garage door openers there is a rope with a handle on the end usually red.
This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote.
Pulling on this rope will put the garage into manual mode so if the door is up it might come crashing down.
Do not try to pull the door using the manual release cord.
Walk over to the door to push it up manually.
This manual release handle disengages the trolley from the attachment point to the rail.
It will snap under the load.
To manually open most garage doors you simply pull a corded handle that is attached to the door.
Take care when operating the manual release when the door is open as it may.
Pull the red cord down firmly once to manually release the door s locking mechanism the opener will make a clicking noise.
Step 2 will allow you to freely move the garage door open and close.
Once you are done maneuvering your garage door and are ready to re engage the automatic door opener please return the garage door back to the down position.