Caftsman Garage Door Opener Codes won't erase
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Craftsman 1/2 hp Garage Door opener won't open
Comments (2)Cut your losses and chunk the Craftsman garage door opener. Get a Genie and you will never post a question about openers on this forum again. A little research on this forum will show you hundreds of posts about those badly engineered and cheaply produced monsters. There are probably more questions about them than anything else on this forum. I recommend the Genie "Excelerator". Opens twice as fast, quiet, has two lights, and extremely reliable. See the Genie link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Genie Excelerator at Home Depot...See MoreGarage Door Opener Won't go down
Comments (11)My door would start, go a few inches and then come back. Safety sensors working properly. Five flashes on the LED so most likely the RPM Sensor according to manufacturer (chamberlain). Replaced it and same problem persisted (although replacing this worked for a lot of people). Some video said try trimming the rpm sensor cap where it goes on the shaft (to make it go on further). Tried this, didn't fix it (although it worked for the guy in the video). Then I saw a adjustment screw for more closing force. Turned it about 1/4 turn and the door started working again. So probably some extra door track resistance has been building up over the years - hopefully there's some kind of wheel or track lube for this....See MoreGarage Door Won't Open
Comments (1)The five flashes mean.... Possible RPM sensor failure/Motor overheated- unplug to reset Leave it unplugged for at least 10 minutes, then plug it back in and wait another 2 minutes before trying it. It needs a little time to re-boot. Doubt if its your RPM sensor, because if thats bad, the motor still trys to close the door, the whole thing only moves about 6 inches, then it pulls the door back open....See MoreCraftsman Garage door won't open
Comments (7)Michaelh-gardner Please don't pry your door up, your going to create more problems than you have now. You can bend the T rail, bend the carriage assembly, or even worse, bend the door if it's steel, and then the crease in the steel door is there forever more. We get these calls all the time, and for a professional door company, this is standard procedure and problem, so don't feel bad. You need some help here. Call a door company and have them come prepared to drill and install an "emergengy cable release" First they will drill a 3/4 inch hole, strategically located in the centre of the top section, then stick a coat hanger in and hook your inside red emergency rope. This will allow them to disconnect the door from the electric opener. You can then lift the door up manually and back your car out. Then, they will mount the emergency cable release. It fits neatly into the 3/4 inch hole that they just drilled. It takes a key to open it. If this should happen again, you simply put the key in it, turn the key and pull towards you. Out comes the key and the tumblers, and out of the hole comes a stainless steel cable. The other end of the cable is tied to the red rope. Simply tug on the cable, it pulls the rope on the inside and you have disconected the door from the electric opener while standing outside. This really is something that needs to be installed on every "vault" garage. (a garage that has no other way in) While they are there, they can check out your remote and digital entry to find out what went wrong....See MoreDon_
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