my ceiling is about 18 feet in the garage. Can I extend the cables/controls ?
744191
I have 9' ceilings in my garage and the platform lowers to within 18" of the floor. You could add cable to extend the drop to accomodate the added height from the original point. However your highest lift point would be about 7'6" above the floor. I am sure any alterations would void any warranties to the product. On a side note: I have two now and will be ordering at least one more soon. As far as control rod, you will have to extend it to meet your needs. The directions suggest a 1/2 inch drill but I had a local machine shop turn the insert down to fit a 3/8 drill. I might advise you to not use a cordless drill. I personally would consider going a little lighter on the max weight. I have 9' ceilings in my garage and the platform lowers to within 18" of the floor. You could add cable to extend the drop to accomodate the added height from the original point. However your highest lift point would be about 7'6" above the floor. I am sure any alterations would void any warranties to the product. On a side note: I have two now and will be ordering at least one more soon. As far as control rod, you will have to extend it to meet your needs. The directions suggest a 1/2 inch drill but I had a local machine shop turn the insert down to fit a 3/8 drill. I might... » Read More I have 9' ceilings in my garage and the platform lowers to within 18" of the floor. You could add cable to extend the drop to accomodate the added height from the original point. However your highest lift point would be about 7'6" above the floor. I am sure any alterations would void any warranties to the product. On a side note: I have two now and will be ordering at least one more soon. As far as control rod, you will have to extend it to meet your needs. The directions suggest a 1/2 inch drill but I had a local machine shop turn the insert down to fit a 3/8 drill. I might advise you to not use a cordless drill. I personally would consider going a little lighter on the max weight. « Show Less
744192
No you can't. After switching to thinner cable, I could make it to touch ground in 10ft ceiling garage. I did a very careful engineering study when I switched to thinner (but higher grade) cable. If you simply increase the length of the cable with stock cable diameter, the cable will not wind evenly due to excess wraps. The cable may kink itself in the process of uncontrolled overlapping. I do not recommend any situation of uncontrolled overlapping. I am an engineering working in the field of cable actuated mechanism.
744193
As designed, the system will lower to 8 feet FROM the ceiling. If you try to MacGyver something to lower further, it MIGHT work, but do you trust it enough to be walking/parking under it at that point? Personally, I wouldn't do it.
1356133
The version I got was adjustable to 45inches from the ceiling. You have a few options.
442080
Deborah, yes, you can extend the length of the cable. Go to any big box home improvement store and in the audio/video accessories area you'll find coax cable in lengths from around 10' to 250'. Pre-packaged cables will already have the F-Type coax connectors on them (like the one on your antenna cable). Buy whatever length you think is adequate, along with a package of "F-Type" cable adapters. These inexpensive double ended male adapters will allow you to join your antenna to your longer cable, a very easy job. Good luck!
1466626
I think they are about 4 foot long. And yes you can extend the wires. Mine has about 12 foot of wire.
385590
Ooops! I was thinking 8 foot ceiling. Standard garage doors are 7 feet high. So, you'll need the extension for an 8 foot door. Sorry for my previous incorrect answer.
1730491
there is an extender that you can find for this. it also raises the unit by a few inches.
1899007
There is not an extension tube available that I am aware of. If you were able to make something work, wiring will need to be lengthened as well.
366527
I think there is the possibility to make it shorter (pull up the cords inside the housing that attaches to the ceiling), however, you cannot make it longer. We have 12 foot ceiling and needed to extend conduit down about 2 feet to attach the light to in order to put it at a height that made sense.
502057
My husband installed this fan on our 18' ceiling with a 6' download. He did not have to extend the wire for installation. So, you should be fine as it seems our situations were very similar.
188076
Our cord was long enough to hang the lights from a 14 ft ceiling, about 7 ft off the floor.(I believe the description says it's a 50" inch cord) I don't know if you could replace the cord. The wires were covered in a cord that matched the fixture (oiled bronze). We had the electrician that wired the addition install all the fixtures and I don't think he had any issues with these. I posted a picture of one of the lights. I saw where they are $7.99 now so you wouldn't be out much if you wanted to try a longer cord. (Ours were twice that)
440140
Yes. You're only limitation should be the height of your ceiling. We have these strung over our son's high bar in the back yard. He pushes them to the side when he wants to practice on the bar and then he puts them back in the middle when he wants to use them for muscle ups ect. We have even had them out in the rain and sun (probably not advisable) since we got them and they still look new. really solidly built.
53151
Pretty sure it won't be long enough to reach. You'll have to extend the wires.
1972534
I'm sure you can extend the length with no problem. Just buy the correct gauge and use good connectors. It would be a very easy project.
322299
We used the piece that was included with the product... Our ceiling was 8 ft so we didn't need any additional extension. I hope this helps
1455754
I'm just toying with it. Mine leans against my garage wall with the cables running under the garage door. The cables from the panel to the controller are only about 4 feet long. There may be some energy loss with longer cables, but I haven't experimented with longer cables yet.
1017460
Yea my garage was a similar height. It comes with an adjustable strap that connects to the tie down point. I went to Home Depot and bought a closed loop hook and attached it to the ceiling with big screws.
1017458
The ceiling in my garage is 10' high and there is plenty of room for adjustment in the basic set-up so I believe you will be OK. The kit also comes with an extension strap that could be utilized if needed.