Talk:Garage door opener

message: This article only discusses the transmitter & reciever. It needs to cover the actual door opening mechanism and safety interlocks as well.--Hooperbloob 07:34, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

message: i discovered that my door opener will in fact open the door despite the spring having broken and the opener having to provide the entire muscle power. i wouldn't count on it in every case, of course. Gzuckier (talk) 02:36, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This article doesn't mention springs, but Garage door does. It's a little vague, leaving out a significant description of the most common type used for solid doors, extension springs, and instead focuses on the types used for sectional types. Unfortunately., most sources of information are commercial companies and their advice may be skewed by their commercial interests.   Will Beback  talk   02:49, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  too OR to go into the article but 

message: The calculator section looks like it was copied from somewhere else. It mentions "our" Remote Control Tri-State DIP Switch Calculator but leads to a separate site. Should it be kept, revised, or removed?
Mikez302 (talk) 04:35, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. It does appear to be commercially driven  content.   Will Beback  talk   06:58, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Our RF Remote Control Tri-State DIP Switch Calculator" section -- should it be removed? 

message: There is a MISSING DIMENSION, not listed on any retail box, nor any web page or product review (on Amazon, Lowes, Home Depot). This becomes critical for garages with a structural beam or other member occupying the same place as the garage door motor/chain/belt assembly.  If other contributors or OEM could provide a chart of lengths of various models, it would be very useful information to post here.
Example: An original eight foot garage door opener assembly hangs from a 9x16 structural beam that spans the width of garage. Replacing the opener with a popular 9-10 foot rail assembly turns out to be impossible without risking head injury and collision with roof and window of a minivan.
If 10+ feet of "backroom" (unobstructed place along ceiling measured from top of closed garage door back into the garage) then the popular motor assemblies in the US as of 2011 can likely replace shorter one without incident. 
It is critical that before buying / installing a replacement to FIRST DETERMINE that your installation has enough backroom in which to install the replacement.
(This does not apply to wall mounted motors available for torsion spring sectional or roll up doors.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.7.228.97 (talk) 00:38, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forgotten Dimensions - Replacement Door Opening Mechanism may be too long  

message: I found the flowing at http://www.homelink.com/faqs
The HomeLink Repeater Kit is designed to allow compatibility between a newer Chamberlain, Sears Craftsman, or LiftMaster garage door opener fitted with a yellow antenna wire and the HomeLink system in your vehicle. These garage door openers were manufactured in 2011 or later. If your opener does not have a yellow antenna wire or is not one of the brands listed above, please consider purchasing a Universal Receiver to ensure compatibility
May be a different RF frequency is being used.  If so, this should be reflected in Wikipedia. 
Mikedz (talk) 23:59, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible new RF frequency in used starting in 2011 

message: I have just removed the wikilink to de.wiki as it was about the concept of the "garage door". 
FYI if you create the more generic page door opener, you can connect it to fr:Ouvre-porte--Alexmar983 (talk) 00:26, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  door opener and other wikipedias 

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message: The article lacks definition on this point.  Yes, radio transmitters were available for bomb detonation during WWII, but the widespread application of transistors and micro-circuitry (which was not widely available until after circa 1960) made remote (from the automobile) garage door opening a rarity until the mid-1960s.
It would be useful to run down the names of initial manufacturers and trace their early production/sales numbers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Homebuilding (talk • contribs) 18:23, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adoption Within Consumer Market of Homeowners 

message: This article needs to state when the garage door remote was invented and what the men's names were who invented it 2601:204:0:2610:A088:118A:9AF9:ED0 (talk) 16:57, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  When invented and by whom