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Garage door opener oddity
Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called
Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this. The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why? TIA |
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Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this. The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why? TIA It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking. -- Jim Rusling More or Less Retired Mustang, OK http://www.rusling.org |
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"Jim Rusling" wrote in message g... It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking. Jim, that's what came to mind as I hit send. I'm 90 miles from the unit, but I'll make a call and see if this is the answer. Thanks |
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"uncle K" wrote in message news "Jim Rusling" wrote in message g... It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking. I just tried it on mine and you're right. |
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"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message ... uncle K wrote: Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would make contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing the remotes from working. I believe we are talking about the same switch. The reference to "wall" switch meaning hard wired as opposed to a remote. |
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"Sanity" wrote in message ... It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking. I just tried it on mine and you're right. This is at my folks' house. My aging dad is a pretty good electrician, but unable to solve this, so far. He tried the lock switch and nothing changes. He even took it apart to inspect (there isn't much there), and didn't find a problem. Rats! I'll be there in a couple of days to give it a go and report back. Thank you. |
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:24 -0700, "uncle K" wrote:
Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this. The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why? TIA You might try a re-boot. Disconnect all power to the unit for a couple of hours and see if it might come back up. |
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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:22:59 -0400, wrote:
You might try a re-boot. Disconnect all power to the unit for a couple of hours and see if it might come back up. You got me curious, now. Any link for a "re-boot" of a garage door opener? Around here we plug them in and they magically work. No waiting "a couple of hours". |
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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:36:57 -0700, against all advice, something
compelled Oren , to say: On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:22:59 -0400, wrote: You might try a re-boot. Disconnect all power to the unit for a couple of hours and see if it might come back up. You got me curious, now. Any link for a "re-boot" of a garage door opener? Around here we plug them in and they magically work. No waiting "a couple of hours". I have a Genie that refuses to work every once in a while. I think it has a security feature that is either a little too aggressive, or poorly understood by me. I just shut off the breaker for thirty seconds and then turn it back on. It works as expected after that. -- Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats. - Howard Aiken |
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"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message ... uncle K wrote: Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this. The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why? TIA My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would make contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing the remotes from working. Surprising that no one has mentioned the hopefully obvious cause ! The door electronic -eye sensors will cause this problem if they have been "knocked" ever so slightly out of line. The beam not lining up will not allow the remote openers to work and show a malfunction to the control board! The wall button is hard wired to the opener and may by- pass the sensor system .. My best guess would be to check the sensor alignment. HTH Bill in Plano |
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Bill Hall wrote:
"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message ... uncle K wrote: Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this. The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why? TIA My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would make contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing the remotes from working. Surprising that no one has mentioned the hopefully obvious cause ! The door electronic -eye sensors will cause this problem if they have been "knocked" ever so slightly out of line. The beam not lining up will not allow the remote openers to work and show a malfunction to the control board! The wall button is hard wired to the opener and may by- pass the sensor system . My best guess would be to check the sensor alignment. My door will open no matter what the sensors are sensing, or not sensing. They do however need to be working for the door to close. |
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On Sep 30, 12:04*pm, Tony wrote:
Bill Hall wrote: "Van Chocstraw" wrote in message m... uncle K wrote: Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. *I called Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this. The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't work. *Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why? TIA My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would make contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing the remotes from working. Surprising that no one has mentioned the hopefully obvious cause ! The door electronic -eye sensors will cause this problem if they have been "knocked" ever so slightly out of line. The beam not lining up will not allow the remote openers to work and show a malfunction to the control board! *The wall button is hard wired to the opener and may *by- pass the sensor system . My best guess would be to check the sensor alignment. |
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Update: Problem solved - 1st diagnosis was correct.
First, for whatever reason, this opener does not have electric eyes. I personally inspected the situation last night. To verify that my dad had done what I asked, I had him show me. He hit the lock button twice... nothing. I tried it myself, being very deliberate, holding the button in, then releasing it. Bingo. (Turns out it's all in the wrist). So, he's back in business. Thank you all for your suggestions. Uncle K |
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