Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Garage Door Not Closing
Garage door won't close when car is in driveway - works when the
car is in the garage (Homelink) The portable transmitters work out in the driveway only if you have them pointed correctly The wall unit works fine The wireless key pad works fine Any suggestions where I should look to resolve this problem?? Thanks |
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Try backing the cart up a bit. Our neighbor's does that and if he is too close to the door it will not close.
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could be the sun reflecting off car onto sensors at bottom of garage door.
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The Romac technician found that the wireless remotes were not working due to interference from a faulty circuit breaker. Thanks for your input
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Try replacing the circuit breaker.
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I'm curious as to how a "garage door mechanic" determined that a circuit breaker caused this problem and how did he narrow it done to a specific breaker. |
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try moving antenna on door unit from straight down to sideways.
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As soon as the technician suspected that it was an interference problem, he used a noise meter (sounds like AM interference) and walked around the garage
until the meter became the loudest. He shut the breaker off and the meter was silent and the remotes worked. Turned the breaker on and the noise on the meter returned and the remotes did not work. Took the advice from the previous contributor and had the circuit breaker replaced by a good electrician. Everything works fine. |
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Which Breaker was it?
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So if I understand correctly, it was NOT the breaker that fed the garage door opener but another one in the electrical panel. Which one was it? |
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It was not the breaker for the garage door opener, it was the breaker for the den. Defective breaker
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Thanks, HuggyBear5, my sensors are about 5 yrs old, and apparently have become too sensitive to daytime sunlight. I taped a cardboard shield on top of each sensor. It sticks out about 3 in. beyond the sensor front, and it worked. Turned out that it only needed it on one side. Thanks for the idea.
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"the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." |
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