Re: Sears Garage door death

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• Subject: Re: Sears Garage door death
• From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
• Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 08:00:48 -0600 (MDT)
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 10:29:33 -0700
From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re:  Sears Garage door death

> My =new= garage door opener is much happier now that I roll everything
out
> into the driveway on a cart.  The 5 foot spark to the =old= opener (a
moment
> of silence please) was not received well, even though it was unplugged,
and
> there was a ground rod at 3 feet that the spark totally ignored! BTW,
most of
> the diodes on the PCB smoked, and the regulator and all of the ICs, I
gave up
> and went to SEARS for a new one.

Now, was that a Craftsman with a lifetime guarantee?  You mean you didn't
ask if it was ESD resistant/proof when you bought it?  Now you know to ask!

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