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25th October 2005, 12:32 PM #1Senior Member
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Dominator Automatic Garage Door Opener
Guys,
shot in the dark here....
I have a dominator remote garage door opener, that has been 'bumped' as part of painting the ceiling in my garage. This bumb (by swmbo) did nothing more than dislodge the wires...problem is which way to put them back on....
We are the third owners so we don't have the manual, the web site for the NZ company doesn't have a pdf or similar...I sent them an e-mail asking a question about which wire goes where and they simply gave me a number of a technician to conduct a service call.....hmmm 5 mintues work...and he is 200Km away...
Anyone got one of these and have a manual that explain which wires go where?
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25th October 2005, 12:51 PM #2Member
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I think ours is the dominator model - I'll look when I get home.....
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25th October 2005, 02:17 PM #3Senior Member
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thanks..any help would be appreciated....it will fix a whole heap of trial and error!
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25th October 2005, 05:44 PM #4
I definitely have a dominator at home. I will check tonight too.
One thing to note - don't lose or break your remote. They are going to stop making them soon (or so I was told when I bought one 6 months ago).
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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25th October 2005, 05:48 PM #5
By the way, which wires did you dislodge - the power wires (mine is plugged into a normal 10a GPO) or the wires to the button on the wall?
If it is the latter, there are a few screw connectors on the front of the machine that need to be looped to open the door). A switch simply creates a temporary connection that opens or shuts the door once. My sparkie fixed it for me with some speaker wire :eek . I can't recall exactly which screws, but he said it was low voltage (the loop that is, not the motor) so it should be a matter of trial and error. I will try and post a pic tonight.
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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26th October 2005, 11:22 AM #6Senior Member
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The ones that have been dislodged are the ones from the blue control box to the three screws, labeled A, B, C...Note this includes the ones from the wall as they are crimped together....the power is fine....standard 10amp gpo in the ceiling....
thanks in anticiaption...I guess I really need which colours are connected where.
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26th October 2005, 11:25 AM #7
sheyet. I forgot to check last night. Will do it tonight for sure!
You can work it out by trial and error. My sparkie just used a screw to connect two of the screws - keep going until the door opens!
Will chekc tonight.
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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26th October 2005, 12:08 PM #8Member
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I checked ours at home - the door is dominator but the automatic controller is not - couldn't see the wires you mention.
Cheers
Geoff
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26th October 2005, 08:50 PM #9
Spartan
Attached is a photo of my opener. As you can see, the wires are attached to the top two screws. My wires are not colour coded, so I am not sure which one goes where. I don't actually think it matters.
Note that the cable hanign down is an aerial for your remote.
I hope this is useful.
Cheers
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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27th October 2005, 10:06 AM #10Senior Member
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Trav,
thanks very much...I don't suppose I could trouble you for a photo of the wires/board under the blue plastic cover...
I have more wires than this...ones that come from the switch in the wall as I believe the ones you have do...and some that come to the same terminals from the blue cover that I think haev something to do with the remote....
So a quick snap of the other side would be really handy.
Regards
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27th October 2005, 10:15 AM #11
Hi Spartan
No worries. Glad to be of help.
The two wires you see there definitely come from the wall switch.
I'm not sure what you mean about the blue plastic cover - the plastic cover you can see in my photo is grey. Did you want a shot of inside this cover? Or the other end of the opener (the end with the light)? I'm out tonight, but I may be able to do it when I get home.
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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27th October 2005, 01:58 PM #12Senior Member
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Uhmm, On mine, on the right hand side as I face towards the door is a small blue case, I think it is to do with the remote as it has the wires coming from it to the ABC and also a small antenna..I need a photo of the inside of that little box....
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27th October 2005, 02:18 PM #13
Right. Not sure if I have one of those boxes. I will look tonight. I thought the while cable you can see in the photo was for the remote...
In any case, they are the only wires that I can see attached to the ABC screws.
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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28th October 2005, 01:22 AM #14
I just checked the opener. It doesn't look like I have a blue box similar to the one you mentioned. Perhaps I have a different model.
In any case, this is what my machine looks like
Let me know if there is something else that will help.
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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28th October 2005, 08:26 AM #15Intermediate Member
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Dominator?
G'day I know I am getting of the subject. However, I am just building a garage. How good are the dominator door openers. How much do they cost. Are you happy with them
Regards
Bear
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