Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.wanted,net.auto Subject: Re: Garage Door Opener Problem Message-ID: <8992@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 11:37:43 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8992 Posted: Wed Mar 6 11:37:43 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 03:11:28 EST References: <435@hou2b.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.consumers:1929 net.wanted:5949 net.auto:5973 > 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