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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: Garage Door Opener Problem
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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 11:37:43 EST
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> I am having a problem with my year-old Sears opener.  When it starts upwards,
> it goes about four inches and stops.  When I hit the button again, it goes
> back down and up to the same spot, or perhaps a little higher.  Finally,
> on the third or fourth try (usually) it goes up all the way.  A similar problem
> occurs going down.  It goes about a foot then stops.  The second try is usally
> enough to get it down.
> 
In the garage door openers my parents had, there is a gizmo that measures
when the door is jammed, which serves the purpose of stopping the door
when it is shutting on something and keeps the motor from burning out
trying to pull a door with a broken spring or jammed track.  Perhaps
this needs adjusting.  My parents had that problem, the door would stop
closing before it got anywhere near the bottom of it's travel.

-Ron