Re: Motorized blind retrofit

[Dave Horoschak <dth930@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

By wired I mean that I want them to be mains powered and use a hardwired
contact closure to activate.  I already have the PowerRise (battery
powered, IR remote control) HD blinds, so I would prefer to just replace
the motors or headrails and keep the blinds themselves.  Believe it or
not, HD wants $9000 to convert 11 blinds, which seems outrageous.  There
has to be a cheaper way.
  - Dave


Dave Houston wrote:
> 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
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