From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:33:49 -0800, RonTheGuy    
   wrote:   
      
   >2-car garage door won't open but five inches under certain circumstances.   
   >Closes just fine.   
   >   
   >However   
   >(1) If I open from the inside wall switch, it always opens.   
   >(2) But if I open from the remote control, it often stops after 5 inches.   
   >   
   >You'd think it's the remote but when I use the outside remote that is   
   >mounted to the wall, it does the same thing, so it's not the remote per se.   
   >   
   >Replaced the remote batteries anyway.   
   >Same thing.   
   >   
   >The springs are big fat dual springs, which are about five years old or so.   
   >If they're "sagging", I don't see any physical evidence of that weakening.   
   >   
   >There was an original red paint line which the manufacturer painted onto   
   >the unwound spring which is now a spiral when wound, understandably so.   
   >   
   >I had painted a thin white line across the wound springs when they were   
   >installed and that line doesn't appear to have moved. It's still straight.   
   >   
   >I air blasted the rollers and track and greased but it made little to no   
   >difference and I cleaned the mechanism inside the garage door opener.   
   >   
   >What appears to be what's happening is the garage door opener, which has to   
   >be twenty years old if not older, is suddenly "needing" more time to start.   
   >   
   >Can that be?   
   >Is there an adjustment in the garage door opener itself for pulse time?   
   >   
   >Since the door opens fully if it has "more time" on the switch,   
   >is there any way to make a remote 'stay on' longer than just a pulse?   
   >   
   >Ron, the humblest guy in town.   
      
   If lighting is also controlled by the remote, you might check the   
   bulbs used. Some CCFL substitutes will interfere while 'on'.   
      
   RL   
      
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