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DannyMac@lemmy.world 11 months agoHold up, that may not be always the case. My garage door has a spring wound under tension to help the motor lift the door and it is a one-car wide garage door. If that has a catastrophic, uncontrolled release and no one gets hurt, consider yourself lucky.
Hyperreality@kbin.social 11 months ago
Oh, absolutely. Not saying it's not possible. So check to be sure.
Mine doesn't. Used to work maintenance, most electric doors, rolldown stormshutters and theft prevention shutters I encountered didn't have a spring.
On a manual door it's almost certain to use a spring.
Electric not always the case, IME not that often. Motors are apparently powerful enough.