The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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Arzy said:
Once had issues with the receiver on my garage door and after many technicians and various combinations finally realized the receiver was full for some reason.

Just had to be reset and then it would take anything.
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I was just about to go get another remote, now I'll first see about resetting the receiver...
 
Sepeng said:
So very randomly...

Have a double garage door with a 3 button remote. Works fine.
Been trying to connect a different remote (those 2 button Centurion Nova ones) using every possible trick with no luck; even this garage guy that came round to sort out a roller wheel couldn't help. We tried a few different remote types I had lying around, nothing happening. The only type we haven't tried is the same 3 button one that's currently working.
Now assuming I'm following the correct steps to link it and before I go out and buy a remote, could it be something like only certain remote types would work with my particular garage motor? Google speaks about universal remotes and what not, thought I'd check in here though.
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You can't just generally pair any remote to any receiver.
 
Had a garage door motorized 14 November, they installed a Centurion motor and "serviced" the door. After a few weeks the door started jerking when it closed and it's now reached a point where it slams down for the last 1.5m so I've disabled the motor and am opening and closing manually.

When I spoke to the installer the first thing he said was loadshedding damages the batteries which I know but this damage doesn't look as if it was caused by faulty batteries. What do you guys think?

EDIT: Will get a Blue Nova battery for them to fit.

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maumau said:
Had a garage door motorized 14 November, they installed a Centurion motor and "serviced" the door. After a few weeks the door started jerking when it closed and it's now reached a point where it slams down for the last 1.5m so I've disabled the motor and am opening and closing manually.

When I spoke to the installer the first thing he said was loadshedding damages the batteries which I know but this damage doesn't look as if it was caused by faulty batteries. What do you guys think?

EDIT: Will get a Blue Nova battery for them to fit.

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I think the problem is a mechanical one and not an electric or battery one. Call the installer back and request him to fix the 'gemors' as he installed and serviced it not long ago. An electric problem would not make the door slam down uncontrolled, it would rather stop the door at a certain position.

Also ask him to remove the dog which seems to be squashed in the mechanical parts. :unsure: :laugh:
 
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maumau said:
Had a garage door motorized 14 November, they installed a Centurion motor and "serviced" the door. After a few weeks the door started jerking when it closed and it's now reached a point where it slams down for the last 1.5m so I've disabled the motor and am opening and closing manually.

When I spoke to the installer the first thing he said was loadshedding damages the batteries which I know but this damage doesn't look as if it was caused by faulty batteries. What do you guys think?

EDIT: Will get a Blue Nova battery for them to fit.

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WTF. You can clearly see the door is rubbing against something to cause that damage. Is the alignment and balancing done correct on the door? It should feel like a feather when you lift it up or let it down.
 
Stokstert said:
I think the problem is a mechanical one and not an electric or battery one. Call the installer back and request him to fix the problem as he installed and serviced it not long ago. An electric problem would not make the door slam down uncontrolled, it would rather stop the door at a certain position.

Also ask him to remove the dog which seems to be squashed in the mechanical parts. :unsure: :laugh:
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Thank you, for your advice and for confirming what I suspected - it's not the battery.

Don't know what that tatty furry strip is :laugh:
Tinuva said:
WTF. You can clearly see the door is rubbing against something to cause that damage. Is the alignment and balancing done correct on the door? It should feel like a feather when you lift it up or let it down.
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Tks, not really light. Will get them to check alignment and balancing so at least they'll know I'm getting advice from somebody who understands these things. I did find it strange he went straight to the battery being problematic.

Appreciate the input from you guys
 
maumau said:
Thank you, for your advice and for confirming what I suspected - it's not the battery.

Don't know what that tatty furry strip is


Tks, not really light. Will get them to check alignment and balancing so at least they'll know I'm getting advice from somebody who understands these things. I did find it strange he went straight to the battery being problematic.

Appreciate the input from you guys
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Before you add a motor to a garage door, the door need to be balanced properly. It must feel super easy to manually open and close. This is to allow the motor to last a lifetime. Else it eventually just fail.
 
Tinuva said:
Before you add a motor to a garage door, the door need to be balanced properly. It must feel super easy to manually open and close. This is to allow the motor to last a lifetime. Else it eventually just fail.
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That makes sense. Perhaps my BIL will come and watch them fix it - he'll be a real PITA :laugh:

The company who did the install has a 5/5 rating on Hellopeter so I'm holding thumbs they honour their guarantee and don't come with a nonsense story and then try to charge extra.

....... but it's a cheek making me wait until they have a gap :mad: hope I don't go through to New Year manually opening and closing that door.
 
maumau said:
That makes sense. Perhaps my BIL will come and watch them fix it - he'll be a real PITA :laugh:

The company who did the install has a 5/5 rating on Hellopeter so I'm holding thumbs they honour their guarantee and don't come with a nonsense story and then try to charge extra.

....... but it's a cheek making me wait until they have a gap :mad: hope I don't go through to New Year manually opening and closing that door.
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The horror. All the time and effort. Poor arms, hands, and legs doing the lifting.
Makes you wish slaves were still available.
 
maumau said:
Had a garage door motorized 14 November, they installed a Centurion motor and "serviced" the door. After a few weeks the door started jerking when it closed and it's now reached a point where it slams down for the last 1.5m so I've disabled the motor and am opening and closing manually.

When I spoke to the installer the first thing he said was loadshedding damages the batteries which I know but this damage doesn't look as if it was caused by faulty batteries. What do you guys think?

EDIT: Will get a Blue Nova battery for them to fit.

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Please tell me what you paid. I need to do this *2
 
Smokey888 said:
And does the motor run both doors?
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Only 1 door.

.......... sadly I'm having trouble with it but the company has excellent reviews and are coming to fix it on Friday.

BTW if you go this route I've been advised to use a Blue Nova battery because they're better able to withstand power outages.

Blue Nova isn't necessary.
 
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maumau said:
Only 1 door.

.......... sadly I'm having trouble with it but the company has excellent reviews and are coming to fix it on Friday.

BTW if you go this route I've been advised to put in a Blue Nova battery because they're better able to withstand power outages.
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While the battery upgrade is a good idea, a healthy battery won't kick the bucket after a month even with stage 8 loadshedding unless you are opening the thing 5 times every hour all day long. Even with the loadshedding we are experiencing and opening/closing the door say an average of 2 times per day the battery should last at very least a year if not 2.
 
Steamy Tom said:
While the battery upgrade is a good idea, a healthy battery won't kick the bucket after a month even with stage 8 loadshedding unless you are opening the thing 5 times every hour all day long. Even with the loadshedding we are experiencing and opening/closing the door say an average of 2 times per day the battery should last at very least a year if not 2.
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Oh good news, thanks for this :). Luckily I haven't bought a Blue Nova yet.
 
I've got a sprinkler system (those nozzle like things that pop out of the ground) with a controller like this:

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Can I run it on the inverter while we're away? Just mostly so that the thing doesn't lose the settings when the power goes off, but in the event that it's LS while the sprinklers are set to go off, would it be a problem?
 
That won't be a high energy consumer so should not be a problem. I would have thought it has some type of coin battery inside to take care of the memory during power loss events.
 
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