Timeline for Overhead garage door opening on its own
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| Aug 9, 2016 at 15:38 | comment | added | B Geoffrey Burnham | Great idea... both switches are wired separately to the main unit but I will give that a tray. I called Overhead Door company who wants $110 for the first 30 mins, then $20 for every 15 mins thereafter... with the likelihood of the opener functioning Correctly when they come out, it makes it very likely they would have to come out at least a second time.. for that cost, I can replace the entire unit myself... if it comes to that I am thinking about the Ryobi 2 HP opener... wondering if anyone has any experience with this unit .. Thanks again for your time and thoughts | |
| Aug 9, 2016 at 6:57 | comment | added | bitsmack | @BGeoffreyBurnham The manual switches may very well be wired in parallel, so that closing either one will complete the circuit. If this is the case, one bad switch would stop the functioning of the other, and JPC's answer makes sense. Next time it happens, disconnect one of the manual switches and see if the other works. If not, reconnect the switch, disconnect the other one, and give it a try. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 17:48 | comment | added | B Geoffrey Burnham | Well I doubt the theory that someone else is inadvertently operating a switch as one person suggested. For one, this is a "rolling code" so that makes it unlikely. The question of humidity causing the problem is a possibility although that would not explain why neither of the manual (single button type) operation wouldn't function while the RF units will make it work... I could see if one of the switches didn't function but seems unlikely that both manual switches would fail at the same time ... and then both begin working again at the same time... bizzare | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:57 | history | answered | JPC | CC BY-SA 3.0 |