light delay component for old garage door operator
Howard Goldstein wrote:
Seeking a replacement for a 3-terminal "light delay" component for my ancient Overhead Door model 100 garage door opener (or something I can work with to replace the original component) . This component is ceramic element wrapped with fragile nichrome that's supposed to heat up a nearby bimetal contact that closes and lights the lamps for a while after the moter reaches its limit. The factory stopped making this model and the component back in 82 so if anyone has an old one they'd sell the part from, or can suggest an alternative to a new garage door operator, please let me know. Thanks! Well, if you are really gung ho about sparing no expense to fix that old timer, and want to stick with the olde technology, they still do make thermal time delay relays. You could use one of these, ordered with a 115 volt heater, a time delay you specify (from 5 seconds to 3 minutes), and a rated life of 100,000 operations, which means if the door is used twice a day, it should last you at least 136.89 years, including leap years. G http://www.hoagland-instrument.com/h320.html Oh yeah, looks like you'll also need an octal "tube socket" to plug it into. I could sport you one of those, I've got plenty left over from the '50s. Otherwise, get one of the youngsters to learn 'ya about solid state time delay relays. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented." |
Howard Goldstein wrote: Seeking a replacement for a 3-terminal "light delay" component for my ancient Overhead Door model 100 garage door opener (or something I can work with to replace the original component) . This component is ceramic element wrapped with fragile nichrome that's supposed to heat up a nearby bimetal contact that closes and lights the lamps for a while after the moter reaches its limit. The factory stopped making this model and the component back in 82 so if anyone has an old one they'd sell the part from, or can suggest an alternative to a new garage door operator, please let me know. Thanks! Hi Howard... How about doing away with it (the light, not the opener) and replacing it instead for a very few dollars with something (imho) far better ? Consider installing one of those yard "security" lights, that turn on when anyone/anything approaches, and remain on for a few minutes? Advantages - it can be mounted anywhere in your garage, far better than dead center over the car roof. It will come on if you open the walk in door after dark. Some, if not all, can accept two reflector bulbs, lighting far better. It can be forced on to provide regular lighting, ie working on the car or whatever. It provides a tiny bit of security - maybe a deterent if someone should snoop around or try to get into your garage (even more valuable if you have an attached garage) And they cost incredibly little - I've seen them on sale for as little as 5 bucks (canadian) Just for your consideration. Take care. Ken |
Howard Goldstein wrote:
On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:56:02 -0400, Jeff Wisnia wrote: : Howard Goldstein wrote: : : Seeking a replacement for a 3-terminal "light delay" component for my : ancient Overhead Door model 100 garage door opener (or something I can : work with to replace the original component) . : : This component is ceramic element wrapped with fragile nichrome that's : supposed to heat up a nearby bimetal contact that closes and lights the : lamps for a while after the moter reaches its limit. : : The factory stopped making this model and the component back in 82 so : if anyone has an old one they'd sell the part from, or can suggest an : alternative to a new garage door operator, please let me know. : Thanks! : : : Well, if you are really gung ho about sparing no expense to fix that old : timer, and want to stick with the olde technology, they still do make : thermal time delay relays. I probably went too far with this old POS to begin with, just about everything in it has been replaced from the starter cap to the motor to the open/close. All except for the stupid timer that's at issue now. : Oh yeah, looks like you'll also need an octal "tube socket" to plug it : into. I could sport you one of those, I've got plenty left over from the : '50s. Thanks for the offer! Not sure I could mount it in the case though. Your reply gave me some good search terms I'll poke around with in case a guardian angel doesn't have one of these or a mindless replacement for same laying around : Otherwise, get one of the youngsters to learn 'ya about solid state time : delay relays. Any particular technology I should look for in these? The primary has to pass a good 10 amps worth of 110v inductive motor load, You said it was "fragile" nichrome. Are you sure the moter current flows *through* it? It'd have to be fairly heavy (like maybe #22 wire or so.) to handle that much current. Guess it depends on your meaning of "fragile" though. Methinks maybe that heater's in parallel with the motor and has 115 volts *across* it when the motor is running. Jeff and the lamps ought to stay on for 2 or 3 minutes, maybe 240 watts on the lights (includes a 2x safety factor)(why do i care about safety I dont know, my sanity is gone from playing with this darned thing anyway) de n2wx Howard -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented." |
Seeking a replacement for a 3-terminal "light delay" component for my ancient Overhead Door model 100 garage door opener (or something I can work with to replace the original component) . This component is ceramic element wrapped with fragile nichrome that's supposed to heat up a nearby bimetal contact that closes and lights the lamps for a while after the moter reaches its limit. The factory stopped making this model and the component back in 82 so if anyone has an old one they'd sell the part from, or can suggest an alternative to a new garage door operator, please let me know. Thanks! What about using one of those cheap timers used to keep a bathroom extractor fan running for a few minutes after the light is switched off? -- 73's es La'shona Tova de G3ZVT Graham. %Profound_observation% |
I have the three teminal bi-metal time delay switch for your unit. They
sell for $14.00 plus shipping. Use the contact link at my site http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/contact.shtml and I will send you the details. Rich http://www.garagedoorsupply.com "Howard Goldstein" wrote in message ... Seeking a replacement for a 3-terminal "light delay" component for my ancient Overhead Door model 100 garage door opener (or something I can work with to replace the original component) . This component is ceramic element wrapped with fragile nichrome that's supposed to heat up a nearby bimetal contact that closes and lights the lamps for a while after the moter reaches its limit. The factory stopped making this model and the component back in 82 so if anyone has an old one they'd sell the part from, or can suggest an alternative to a new garage door operator, please let me know. Thanks! |
: What about using one of those cheap timers used to keep a bathroom
extractor : fan running for a few minutes after the light is switched off? I'm not sure I've even seen something dedicated to that. Are those wind up timer switches on a lightswitch panel? No, its an electronic add-on to a bathroom extractor Light turned on = fan starts running Light turned off = fan continues running for a per-determined period then shuts off -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
Howard Goldstein wrote:
On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:53:19 GMT, Howard Goldstein wrote: : your's - to look at alternative lighting. Has anyone had luck with the : infrared or ultrasonic wall switch replacements when used to control : fluorescent fixtures? I have 240W worth of fluroescent tube lighting Gauche to followup to myself I know, but in the nature of an update, I visited the borg early this afternoon to look for a motion sensing wall switch and came away with the borg meeting my expectations: Disappointed, as usual. All of their in-stock motion sensing switches are essentially fluorescent-incompatible. Sadly, the all-in-one fixtures are quite large assemblies that'd make the garage look like a sally port. (My big box place is probably stocked less well than everyone else's though) With Rich's post holding the promise of an exact replacement for my dusty old ancient obsolete operator I'm probably not going to need a fluorescent-compatible motion light switch (but if anyone has had any good luck with them please let me know what you used) I appreciate all of your comments and advice. Thank you! Almost thought I had one for you Howard, but not quite. I found this one in my "hell box" tonight. http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/temp/timer.html It's a garage door light timer from the right era, but the winding resistance is 500 ohms, and that'd certainly never do for going in series with the motor. It's probably what triggered me into thinking yours might actually go in parallel with the motor in your opener. Fer the heck of it I put line voltage across the coil and it heated up and the bimetal bent so the contacts closed in less than a second. They stayed closed for about 45 seconds after I unpowered the heater. Good luck, I hope you get the right kind from Rich. Also, FWIW the motion detectors in our office building johns are each controlling a 4*40 watt flourescent pan. They look pretty much like round smoke detectors mounted on the ceiling. Course fer all I know they may be controlling relays which switch power to the the flourescents; that much I'm not going to tear the place up to find out. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented." |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote in message ... Seeking a replacement for a 3-terminal "light delay" component for my ancient Overhead Door model 100 garage door opener (or something I can work with to replace the original component) . This component is ceramic element wrapped with fragile nichrome that's supposed to heat up a nearby bimetal contact that closes and lights the lamps for a while after the moter reaches its limit. The factory stopped making this model and the component back in 82 so if anyone has an old one they'd sell the part from, or can suggest an alternative to a new garage door operator, please let me know. Thanks! There's lots of circuits out there, I'd probably use a 555, optoisolator and a triac with the handful of resistors and capacitors to glue it all together. |
Old toasters are cheap at tresale shops, you could uise the nichrome
wire from them, put two or more in parallel if they get too hot when the moptor is running. H. R. (Bob) Hofmann |
Howard Goldstein wrote: snip For the last 4 days or so my clumsy repair to is somehow letting ot work again; I don't think the solder job I did to connect the break in the nichrome did anything (can one even solder to nichrome? When it heated up did it melt off whatever solder I did manage to get in there?) but a good solid crimping of the cleaned ends of the broken ribbon together seems to have done the trick for now and hopefully it'll stay intact for another day or two until the replacement arrives. Hi... As to soldering nichrome, the answer is yes, you can solder it pretty well, should the need arise to repair a toaster :) Clean the ends well, make as good a mechanical connection as you can (remembering that sharp bends create hot spots). Then use _acid_ flux, and solder. Clean it up well with baking soda, and you should be good. Remember to clean your iron well before using it on electronics again. Take care. Ken |
"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:5eHUe.168764$Hk.166492@pd7tw1no... Howard Goldstein wrote: snip For the last 4 days or so my clumsy repair to is somehow letting ot work again; I don't think the solder job I did to connect the break in the nichrome did anything (can one even solder to nichrome? When it heated up did it melt off whatever solder I did manage to get in there?) but a good solid crimping of the cleaned ends of the broken ribbon together seems to have done the trick for now and hopefully it'll stay intact for another day or two until the replacement arrives. Hi... As to soldering nichrome, the answer is yes, you can solder it pretty well, should the need arise to repair a toaster :) Clean the ends well, make as good a mechanical connection as you can (remembering that sharp bends create hot spots). Then use _acid_ flux, and solder. Clean it up well with baking soda, and you should be good. Remember to clean your iron well before using it on electronics again. Take care. Ken Won't the solder just melt when you power the thing up? |
James Sweet wrote: "Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:5eHUe.168764$Hk.166492@pd7tw1no... Howard Goldstein wrote: snip For the last 4 days or so my clumsy repair to is somehow letting ot work again; I don't think the solder job I did to connect the break in the nichrome did anything (can one even solder to nichrome? When it heated up did it melt off whatever solder I did manage to get in there?) but a good solid crimping of the cleaned ends of the broken ribbon together seems to have done the trick for now and hopefully it'll stay intact for another day or two until the replacement arrives. Hi... As to soldering nichrome, the answer is yes, you can solder it pretty well, should the need arise to repair a toaster :) Clean the ends well, make as good a mechanical connection as you can (remembering that sharp bends create hot spots). Then use _acid_ flux, and solder. Clean it up well with baking soda, and you should be good. Remember to clean your iron well before using it on electronics again. Take care. Ken Won't the solder just melt when you power the thing up? Hi... Nope, it's self-protecting :) Where there is heat that would melt the solder, there's no solder. And where there is solder that would be melted, there's (virtually) no (resistance) heating. Ken |
Won't the solder just melt when you power the thing up? Hi... Nope, it's self-protecting :) Where there is heat that would melt the solder, there's no solder. And where there is solder that would be melted, there's (virtually) no (resistance) heating. Ken Interesting, I would have thought there'd be enough thermal conduction to melt it, I'll give it a shot if I ever have one break. Seems like brazing might be more reliable though. |
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