Turned switch over to open the air and walked out of the garage and remembered to flip the breaker on to start up the air compressor. worked for about 10 minutes and my sander would work, but it would let the air out though. went back into garage, and smelt like a electric fire or somthing, did i do somthing seriously wrong?
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Neither the thermal protector, or the capacitor would cause a breaker to trip. You are looking for a dead short, something with power contacting the casing. Do it by elimination. Disconnect the motor and switch on. If the breaker doesn't flip. the motor is the issue. Or you can test all this stuff with a multimeter.
To
have your lights come on automatically when you walk into an open
garage, you must START with the lights ON. If you don't want that
feature and you want to turn it off, you must START with the lights
OFF.
To
turn the feature on, turn the lights on manually with the wall
switch, then press and hold the LIGHT button for about 10 seconds
until the motor unit light bulbs flash. Now, if the light bulbs are
on, manually turn them out and then walk out through the open door.
The light bulbs should come on.
To
disable this feature, start with the light bulbs OFF and everything
else is the same.
Locate
the smart/learn button on the rear of the motor unit near where all
those white wires go. Press and immediately release this and then
walk over to the keypad and key in any 4 digit code you like and
press enter.
If it is hardwired do this:
To program the keypad,
first unplug the garage door opener from the electrical outlet. Next,
remove the nameplate from the console that the keypad plugs into and
locate the program/operate switch. Flip the switch to program. Next,
enter your desired four-digit PIN number into the keypad. Slide the
switch back to operate and plug the garage door opener back in. The
keypad should be programmed.
To
have your lights come on automatically when you walk into an open
garage, you must START with the lights ON. If you don't want that
feature and you want to turn it off, you must START with the lights
OFF.
To
turn the feature on, turn the lights on manually with the wall
switch, then press and hold the LIGHT button for about 10 seconds
until the motor unit light bulbs flash. Now, if the light bulbs are
on, manually turn them out and then walk out through the open door.
The light bulbs should come on.
To
disable this feature, start with the light bulbs OFF and everything
else is the same.
Problem could be a shorted element. Disconnect the wires from the breaker and try to reset it, remember to flip the switch in the fully off position before moving it to the on position. If the breaker doesn't trip then the problem is in the heater itself. If you have access to an Ohmmeter, with the power turned off check the continuity of the elements across the screw terminals and from the terminals to ground. There should not be a reading to ground and a high resistance across the terminal screws
To
have your lights come on automatically when you walk into an open
garage, you must START with the lights ON. If you don't want that
feature and you want to turn it off, you must START with the lights
OFF.
To
turn the feature on, turn the lights on manually with the wall
switch, then press and hold the LIGHT button for about 10 seconds
until the motor unit light bulbs flash. Now, if the light bulbs are
on, manually turn them out and then walk out through the open door.
The light bulbs should come on.
To
disable this feature, start with the light bulbs OFF and everything
else is the same.
To have your lights come on automatically when you walk into an open garage you must START with the lights ON. To turn the feature on, turn the lights on manually with the wall switch, then press and hold the LIGHT button for about 10 seconds until the motor unit light bulbs flash.
Now, if the light bulbs are on, manually turn them out and then walk out through the open door. The light bulbs should come on.
To disable this feature, start with the light bulbs OFF and everything else is the same.
on the back of your garage door opener there is a colored learn button--press and release-the learn indicator light will glow for a short time usually 30 seconds. within thirty seconds press and hold the buton on the hand held remote that you wish to operate your garage door. release the button when the motor unit lights blink. if you don;t have a light, two clicks will be heard. it has learned the code. procedure will be different for multi function control.
Air compressors tend to draw more power as they age, however, will not trip breaker unless some malfunction. Here are some simple tests. Unplug compressor and turn the pump by hand, you may have to remove a cover to do this. It should turn freely; any resistance could be failing bearing (would make noise) unloader/check valve leaking allowing back pressure to pump, or failed start capacitor/start winding. Easy test for checkvalve. With pressure in tank loosen discharge hose at tank and check for air leak. Check valve should hold pressure in tank. Replace as needed. Failed capacitor/s will cause high amp draw. Remove from circuit and test. UF reading should be within 95% of printed rating. Finally, most air compressor motors have two windings, start and run. Power to windings is controlled by flyball switch inside rear of motor. This switch has contacts that can stick in start position and cause high amp draw. Examine windings for signs of overheating. Copper windings generally have color of new penny. Very dark brown windings bad news. Gook luck
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