Sureflap Metal Door Adapter

Installing a sureflap microchip pet door in a metal door.

Sureflap metal door adapter.

A metal spacer could compromise the pet door s ability to read microchips. By itself it cannot keep out intruder animals but all the sureflap microchip cat flaps use your pet s microchip or a sureflap rfid collar tag to control the locking mechanism which along with curfew mode will help keep. Unfortunately the back door was lined with metal but i fitted the mounting adaptor and haven t had a single problem. To begin with trace around the outer edge of the back frame as a size guide.

The cat who has historically had a lot of problems with cat flaps i. If there is metal present you will need to cut a larger hole in your door leaving a gap of 2 3cm 1 1 2 between the tunnel of the cat flap and the metal in your door. Mounts in metal doors storm door kick plates and upvc coated metal doors. We ordered the sureflap cat flap mounting adapter to install with the sureflap dual scan microchip cat door.

We read in other reviews that this adapter helps the dual scan cat door work on metal doors but it didn t help in our case. Sureflap pet door mounting adaptor. 1 x trixie sureflap cat flap mounting adapter white 28 5 cm diameter customers who bought this item also bought. This mounting adapter allows the sureflap microchip cat flap and sureflap dualscan microchip cat flap to be mounted in a variety of ways.

Range test results of 12 22cm you will need to follow metal mounting instructions to leave a gap between the metal and the tunnel of the sureflap you will need to cut a larger hole in your door leaving a gap of 2 3cm between the tunnel of the sureflap and the metal in your door. As the sureflap metal door adapter. Upvc coated metal doors often look the same as standard upvc doors and you may need to look carefully where the panel has been cut. Page 9 installation in metal doors the presence of a metal plate in a door can influence the performance of sureflap reducing the range of the microchip reader.

Metal skin doors security doors metal garage doors upvc coated metal doors for most situations you will not notice anything as the read range will still. This includes the following. As the sureflap glass adapter. If a metal plate or thin metal foil is confirmed follow the instructions below for improved read range.

The cats microchip was still too far from the scanner to work. Compromised by the metal present in your door. Mounts in plate glass and single or dual paned tempered glass with a circular hole cutout of an 8 1 2 10 diameter. Before you begin we advise that you program your pet s id prior to fitting.