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Richard J Kinch Richard J Kinch is offline
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Default Garage door - can you soft-start them?

dean writes:

Put in a spring between the arm and the door?


Too much spring already. You need a damper.

The opener just has the wrong characteristic, I assume because they use a
cheap AC motor that has no low-torque capabilities.