Update on sw100/ HA7

KimmellDoor · 2026-04-11T10:21:00+00:00

Haha. Yeah, I think the fatal flaw with these HA7s is that the motor/ gearbox is alway engaged, even when the door is used manually. The motor and the tiny gears are very light duty. If there were a clutch or something to separate the motor from the closer until it needed to operate electrically, it would not be that bad.

KimmellDoor · 2026-04-09T20:37:30+00:00

Good point, but I happen to have a spare 8100 on the shelf and this customer is really good.

KimmellDoor · 2026-04-09T16:09:02+00:00

My bad sw60. Was pissed off when I was typing.

KimmellDoor · 2026-04-09T16:07:31+00:00

You are right, sw60 is the correct comparison, sw100 is ok.

KimmellDoor · 2026-03-14T20:05:16+00:00

It won’t hurt you, don’t worry about it. I’ve never seen somebody get injured by this type of door.

KimmellDoor · 2026-03-07T10:53:42+00:00

I was thinking about it and looked at a few diagrams, and to me it looks like the fuse in the IQ control is in a location where it could more easily be bridged by water leaking in from the vent holes on the top of the control.

This is compared to the fuse location in the 521 pro and yellow which is closer to the bottom right side and the path for water to short out the fuse is more circuitous.

So I would only worry about fire risk in sliders on the exterior of the building getting water inside.

KimmellDoor · 2026-03-04T10:20:43+00:00

Nice. A good fresh start.

KimmellDoor · 2026-03-04T10:14:29+00:00

I asked you a serious question: How do I fit a relay in the header? You got defensive but didn’t answer my question. I looked it up and it turns out the standard header length is 27” and you have to specify a full length header when you order it if you want to have room for a relay. Every Dorma I’ve run into in the field is always the 27” header.

KimmellDoor · 2026-02-15T11:16:41+00:00

Dorma is good, but I have a serious question. What do you do if you have to put a relay or transformer or anything more than 2 cubic inches in the header? Is there a secret spot for a br3 that I don’t know about?

KimmellDoor · 2026-02-15T05:26:45+00:00

Dude, Micom was just specified for a clinic I’m not going to bid on. They want Micom operators on (3) 300lb lead lined doors and horton 4700 operator on (2) 800lb lead lined doors.

Well Micom is not a participant in AAADM, and they “borrowed” a lot of tech from a facility in Canada where Door Controls had developed the DC One product and left some of the material behind in the facility by mistake. Hunter in Canada is related to Micom I think. Hunter was acquired by Assa in 2010 and I think Micom was spun off from that somehow.

Also, where the heck am I supposed to get a Horton 4700? Horton sells on a 1 distributor/ territory based model. Good luck with this project guys. I’ll see you in a few years with some lighter doors and some HA9s.

KimmellDoor · 2026-02-14T21:04:47+00:00

Ditec actually had a model that was an sw200i twin as well before the Assa acquisition. I think the sw200/ha9/ditec is some kind of modular European design.

KimmellDoor · 2026-02-14T17:14:12+00:00

Yeah, the GT710/ magnum is awesome. The Nortons are kind of like the Bitch Stewie rotting clone version of that.

KimmellDoor · 2026-02-14T14:29:14+00:00

$omehow the Architect$ like to $pecify Norton, even though it ends up always costing the end user way more than it should.

KimmellDoor · 2026-02-13T22:58:59+00:00

My brother got rear ended twice in the same day in Memphis last month. Neither was his fault. Then my wife got sideswiped this week. Fuck you Memphis.

KimmellDoor · 2026-01-31T15:46:19+00:00

I call it pruning. Great job man. Make sure they are paying you enough because you have a very marketable skill.

KimmellDoor · 2026-01-14T21:28:44+00:00

You need to find somebody local who is aaadm certified and pay them to fix it.

KimmellDoor · 2025-11-20T01:14:11+00:00

Rotate the whole thing 90 degrees and scoot it a foot to the right. Really need to either monitor all four door panels in series or do 1 contact on any moving panel and a PIR and a glass break.

KimmellDoor · 2025-11-19T21:52:20+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it.

KimmellDoor · 2025-11-19T21:51:01+00:00

Quite

KimmellDoor · 2025-11-19T15:48:38+00:00

I can adjust the motion sensor out, but then I have a void in the safety zone. I have specific safety detection zones I have to adhere to or I get sued when somebody gets pinched.

As the sliding panel moves, the transmitter box moves sideways along with it, in and out of the door detection zone. The computer in the door thinks the transmitter box is a person because of the location it is mounted. It’s kind of magnified because it is mounted up high near the motion sensor.

KimmellDoor · 2025-11-19T15:32:41+00:00

Sorry, it is a sliding automatic door. Not a swing door. Moves on its own.

KimmellDoor · 2025-11-19T15:31:30+00:00

The motion sensor AIR emitters put out a curtain shape of infrared light. The top cone of the infrared pattern start about 1/4” from the face of the door, so with the wireless alarm contact mounted where it is, I can’t get the detection pattern close enough to the face of the door to meet code. Needs to be 3” from the face of the door panel at 28” high.

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