Fwd: Re: Did i kill my garage door?

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>


>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:14:35 -0700
>To: Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com
>From: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>
>Subject: Re: Did i kill my garage door?
>
>Hi,
>
>It has happened to many people.  Usually the silicon electronics in the 
>opener is reduced back to sand. :-((  Sometimes you can get a whole new 
>electronics board for it, but repair is probably not possible since it 
>uses parts DigiKey does not sell.
>
>Sorry bout that...
>
>Cheers,
>
>         Terry
>
>At 10:33 PM 3/18/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>Well, I Just got my new transformer, and i hooked everything up, and i 
>>was getting 2' streamers, and i noticed that most of them were going to 
>>my garage opener. But, i thought that the metal box that surronds it was 
>>grounded, so i did not worry about it. I know, i know, stupid me. Well, 
>>the streamers started to hid the antenna, so i surronded it with 
>>allumnium foil (not sure how much help this would do, it seemed good at 
>>the time), and lightning kept hitting it, so i just left it. Now, you 
>>guessed it, my garage door does not work. Has this happned to anyone? Or 
>>is it just a fuse or something.
>>Thanks
>>Adam