Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 04/06/06 08:02 AM Share Posted 04/06/06 08:02 AM Just wondering if anyone knows of a remote extender or of a better model lifter than the one I currently have.I have a B&D with a Merlin motor attached that wont open until I'm at the very end of my driveway which is only about 5 metres from the door, meaning I have to wait until the door opens to pull the car in...Would like to be able to push the remote button at the end of the street giving the door enough time to fully open so that I can just drive straight in....Pretty petty I know but when its everyday it starts to get a bit tedious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saleen Big Gun Donating Members 4,170 Member For: 22y 3m 8d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 04/06/06 08:08 AM Share Posted 04/06/06 08:08 AM I have a B&D with a Merlin motor attached U have a Merlin Motor attached to your roller door? AWESOME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 04/06/06 08:11 AM Author Share Posted 04/06/06 08:11 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper361 Member 407 Member For: 20y 2d Location: Brissy Norf siide Posted 04/06/06 08:12 AM Share Posted 04/06/06 08:12 AM I just attached a 27mhz cb arial to the existing wire arial and mounted it higher in the garage roof.Seems to work better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 04/06/06 08:25 AM Author Share Posted 04/06/06 08:25 AM I just attached a 27mhz cb arial to the existing wire arial and mounted it higher in the garage roof.Seems to work better... ←Thanks jasper I'll give that a go tommorow ....somebody want to monitor the ambulance frequency for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper361 Member 407 Member For: 20y 2d Location: Brissy Norf siide Posted 04/06/06 08:44 AM Share Posted 04/06/06 08:44 AM I just attached a 27mhz cb arial to the existing wire arial and mounted it higher in the garage roof.Seems to work better... ←Thanks jasper I'll give that a go tommorow ....somebody want to monitor the ambulance frequency for me...←I also wired the remote to run off the battery (yes I know it's a 9V remote, but 12V works well) and wired in a little momentary switch to just underneath the tissue box holder and hid the remote in the fuse holder. Because you will find as your 9v battery drops voltage so will your range.A little anal I know, but I hate WAITING!!!!Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no turbo Member 206 Member For: 19y 1m 22d Posted 04/06/06 08:46 AM Share Posted 04/06/06 08:46 AM (edited) at least yours opens and shuts, I have a B&D and have had no end of trouble, 1st the thing would go all the way down to the bottom then open, result going to the coast for the day to return home and find door open! numerious calls to service dept went unheard, we now DO NOT DRIVE OFF UNTIL IT IS SHUT AND NOT GOING BACK UP!!!! 2nd. shoddy install by B&D subbie caused door to fall off the mounts when the wife opened it to go to work! dinting top of new 4x4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......it also blew in at the bottom in a storm because it was fixed only into plaster!!!!!!!! service guy turned up and then bagged his fellow subbie and turns out he only fixed it into the plaster at top as well and not into any studs ect aparently they get payed fixed amount per install $80.00 at the time....3rd now on third motor in 8 years due to wear. the thing is so noisy when it goes up and down. we have thought of replacing with another brand. a mate and my father have other brands and have nothing but good reports. Edited 04/06/06 08:48 AM by no turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 24d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 04/06/06 10:03 AM Share Posted 04/06/06 10:03 AM So you're over the moon with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR64T Are we there yet? Donating Members 703 Member For: 21y 3m 18d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 04/06/06 10:20 AM Share Posted 04/06/06 10:20 AM Just bought a door for my new garage which is quite big (5.1m wide) and had all the big companies quote. I ended up going for a door from Glideroll which was the cheapest but the bloke seemed pretty knowledgeable.No regrets so far!! Motor is extremely quiet and seems very well built and installed.The control unit even has an output for an external light (as well as the one in it) and an output that I can connect to my alarm system as well.Happy Camper!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisocial Weird Member Member 1,347 Member For: 21y 11m 15d Location: ACT Posted 04/06/06 12:09 PM Share Posted 04/06/06 12:09 PM Automatic Technologies Australia make a good roller door contoller that costs less than a B&D and will lift my 5m x 3m roller door from about 30m away.Dont know if it can do the merlin motor though... http://www.ata-aust.com.au/shop/?fuseactio...67&I=4&ct_id=77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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