Re: Fixing GD Opener (was: Saving the Garage Door Opener)

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• Subject: Re: Fixing GD Opener (was: Saving the Garage Door Opener)
• From: "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-headwaters-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:14:12 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: "Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>
> 
> Well I blew my GD opener up Saturday night.  Rolled the coil out into the
> driveway to show some friends and the darn thing just wouldn't work right.
> I kept tuning and tuning with no luck so I rolled it back into the garage.
> There I ran it at a lower power and things worked great as usual.  Then I
> decided on one last run and cranked up the power.  A white hot arc to the
> wires between the GD controller and the opener ended that run and the
> opener.  Now I'm off to try and find a replacement IC which has a strange
> p/n on it.  Anyone recognize a 25C19CX?
> 
> Brian D. Basura> 

Brian,

Gee, I just blew the light sensing controller in my own GD building
mounted yard light by a long direct hit from an outdoor TC test this
summer so I know how frustrated you must be!

Isn't the 25C19CX a 25 inch round screen CRT (with surround sound) from
a now obsolete air traffic control radar display? : )

Robert W. Stephens

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