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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>At last year's CEDIA, a Somfy rep told me
they would sell the motors separately. I never followed-up, but you should be
able to find the names of a few dealers on their website...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: hai-users-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:hai-users-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Dave Horoschak<br>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 11:41 AM<br>
To: hai-users@tssi.com<br>
Subject: [Hai-users] Motorized blind question<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>Has anyone been able to retrofit existing shades or blinds
into <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>motorized units? I have Hunter Douglas PowerRise blinds
which are <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>battery powered, but I'd like to retrofit them to a wired
system for <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>more reliability and better performance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>Is it possible to purchase just the motors or the headrail
assemblies so <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>that I can reuse my existing material? I know that
companies like BTX <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>and Somfy offer this sort of thing, but their cost to
retrofit is about <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>$300/shade and they won't sell the motors separately. I'm
sure I could <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>do the retrofit if I could get my hands on the appropriate
motors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'> - Dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
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