A 15-year-old door operator gave out on me at the old Franklin Hotel downtown

It was a Gal door operator, model 2000 series. The motor just quit during a busy lunch hour last Tuesday. I had to bypass the safety circuit to get the car moving and then swap the whole unit. Anyone dealt with a sudden failure on one of these older units before?

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simonmoore23d ago

Bypassing the safety circuit is wild, I used to think that was a big no-go.

river_gonzalez6623d ago

Nah, I get where @simonmoore is coming from, but sometimes you gotta do it to diagnose the real problem. It's a solid way to check if the safety switch itself is the fault or if something else is tripping it. Just gotta be smart and not leave it bypassed for good.