Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Pacnorthcuda]
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05/23/21 10:34 PM
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Sunroofcuda
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X2. Liftmaster belt drive. If Stu was still with us, he'd say the same. Check Sears - the old 1/2 HP belt drive of theirs used to be made by Liftmaster - said it on the box - that's what I bought. I've had NO issues with mine for 16 years.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Sunroofcuda]
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05/24/21 12:37 AM
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SomeCarGuy
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Yep those are the winner. Get the nice one with the WiFi. You’ll use that more than you’d think. I miss it after moving to a house without it. New place has an old lift master that’s good, and has a genie that is louder and sounds clunkier than the lift master.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: mopars4ever]
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05/24/21 09:13 AM
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cudatom
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My Genie is 20 plus yrs old. The only thing I've replaced is the travel limiter. Is it noisy yes I don't care. It works flawlessly. Hell when my kids were little the would hang on to the door and use as a lift. Though my head was going to explode the first time I saw it. Learned they had been doing it for yrs after school.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: cudatom]
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05/24/21 11:08 AM
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second 70
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If it's a torsion spring door get a liftmaster 8500. Mounts on end of torsion shaft and gets rid of everything else leaving ceiling clean. Stu loved em. Hard to see but it's the small black box on left on wall behind bike. I have one on the 16ft front garage door too. Comes with a bluetooth light that plugs in where old opener was installed. I have both on same signal so when either door opens or you trip motion detector on wall panel the both come on together. Bright enough to go in and out of garage without turning on any lights. You can see it between the led fixtures.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: cudatom]
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05/24/21 11:10 AM
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CKessel
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I'm using the Liftmaster direct drive/jackshaft, 8500, units with the wifi capability. Nice units that mount on the wall to the side of the door. This free's up the space lost by the usual lift units.
Carl Kessel
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: CKessel]
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05/25/21 11:22 PM
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5thAve
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Im guess you last two guys were writing your replies at the same time. With the same suggestion and reason. Our trusty old Stanley has been doing it's thing on our door since the 80s
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: Kern Dog]
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05/26/21 10:27 AM
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CKessel
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mopar
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And their tech/help department blows. We tried putting the camera's in but could not get them to synch up. Got the run around from tech plus crickets. Its an ongoing problem with Chamberlin from what I've read online. Sell the product but play dumb after.
Carl Kessel
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: SomeCarGuy]
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05/26/21 11:06 AM
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calmopar
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Yep those are the winner. Get the nice one with the WiFi. You’ll use that more than you’d think. I miss it after moving to a house without it. New place has an old lift master that’s good, and has a genie that is louder and sounds clunkier than the lift master. There are 3rd party wifi retrofit kits you can get for $20-30, check Amazon.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: second 70]
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05/26/21 11:33 AM
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jcc
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My daughter installed the shaft mounted opener, not sure of the brand. They love it, it's a much cleaner look/installation, she has battery BU since in a hurricane zone, and a number of other features, with a nice robust separate solenoid dead bolt lock. She lives in a rather upscale neighborhood, and the permit inspector had oddly never seen one, but was impressed.
I will use the same on my door upgrade soon.
Last edited by jcc; 05/26/21 11:34 AM.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: CKessel]
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05/28/21 04:15 PM
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JohnRR
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I'm using the Liftmaster direct drive/jackshaft, 8500, units with the wifi capability. Nice units that mount on the wall to the side of the door. This free's up the space lost by the usual lift units. I'm going to switch to an 8500 but have no desire to connect anything that someone could possibly hack into to gain access in to my house.
running up my post count some more .
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: mopars4ever]
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05/19/22 11:51 AM
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drenatyn
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Swinging gates must not have a skewed post. The sashes must be level and open easily, without unnecessary effort. It is better if they hang on hinges with bearings. The instructions for the drive usually have a graph of the ratio of the length of the sash to its height. That's why the weight of the leaf is a relative indicator. In addition to the weight of the gate leaf, there is another important parameter: the sail and wind resistance. The higher this parameter, the harder it is for the drive to push the gate leaf, including strong winds. It's important which Garage Doors you choose. Very good if they are wood.
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Re: need to replace my garage door opener
[Re: MI_Custumz]
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05/20/22 06:28 AM
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3hundred
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I have a Liftmaster and added the MyQ to it. We sometimes forget to shut the garage door and closing it from anywhere is a nice option. We've got ours set to auto close at 9:00 PM in case we forget to close it. It's happened a handful of times.
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