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Old 03-02-2021, 09:05 AM
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DON'T CALL ROMAC. There are other much more reliable (and less expensive) places. Now... if your remotes all quite working at the same time, it's not the batteries. It the wall control still works, it's not the electric eye. If the motor runs but doesn't move the door, there's probably a loose pulley, and easily fixable in five minutes. My recent issue was bit different. The door developed a mind of its own. It would open at random, even with the wall switch in the 'off position.' It had a few people scratching their heads, until a technician pointed out that the openers used in Villages-built homes are junk, and the main circuit board inside lasts only a few years. And the gremlins I had sounded like mine had died.

Sooo I could spend $80 for a service call, then another $90-100 for the new board. Or I could run over to Lowe's and buy a complete new opener for about the same money. And install it myself, but that was fairly easy.