Re: Motorized blind retrofit

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

What do you mean by "wired"?

Hunter Douglas makes versions that are powered from the mains (using low
voltage wall transformers).

Dave Horoschak <dth930@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Has anyone been able to retrofit existing shades or blinds into
>motorized units?  I have Hunter Douglas PowerRise blinds which are
>battery powered, but I'd like to retrofit them to a wired system for
>more reliability and better performance.
>
>Is it possible to purchase just the motors or the headrail assemblies so
>that I can reuse my existing material?  I know that companies like BTX
>and Somfy offer this sort of thing, but their cost to retrofit is about
>$300/shade and they won't sell the motors separately.  I'm sure I could
>do the retrofit if I could get my hands on the appropriate motors.
>  - Dave