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The automatic garage door opener finally is working again
Lots of cool videos on youtube about installing, repairing and
adjusting garage doors. The safety sensors seem to be a common problem. One of mine had quit working. 40 bucks at Lowes! You can get them on amazon for around 20 bucks or e-bay, while looking at them at Amazon in one of the comments, " if you are handy with a soldering iron, crack open the sensor and replace the 470micro farad Cap. For just pennies you can repair it yourself. These caps will dry out over the years, and I fixed mine like this." Which is what I did, 1.61 for the capacitor at Radio Shack, it was longer than the original and I just drilled a hole in the case and let the end of the capacitor stick out. For those that are interested, The sensors generate a signal which has to be received by the main controller circuit board in the unit. This is why you cannot simply wire around them, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbmufXgpl14 |
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