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  • dolon
    New Member
    • Mar 2016
    • 9
    • AUSTRALIA
    #1

    Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

    Hope its ok to start thread on this topic here.
    We went away on holiday for 2 weeks and not return there is no response when remote button is pressed.
    Attached are photos of the internal guts and the main board and power board.
    There does seem to be any obvious failed components
    I'm wondering where to begin troubleshooting.
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    • stj
      Great Sage 齊天大聖
      • Dec 2009
      • 30911
      • Albion
      #2
      Re: Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

      begin with a new battery in the remote - just in case!

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        • dolon
          New Member
          • Mar 2016
          • 9
          • AUSTRALIA
          #3
          Re: Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

          Yes, already eliminated battery problem as there is no response to wall remote either. Even called Garage Door Service. They wanted to install new system and said the unit has been superseded. It was only installed 8 years ago.
          Anyway went to local hardware depot got and installed a new DIY unit.
          Just want to tinker with this before giving away as its a sturdy unit with metal chain.
          Could only attach 1 photo earlier so photo of boards attached here.
          Attached Files

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            • stj
              Great Sage 齊天大聖
              • Dec 2009
              • 30911
              • Albion
              #4
              Re: Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

              click "go advanced", then "manage attachments",
              you can up as many foto's as you like.

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                • dolon
                  New Member
                  • Mar 2016
                  • 9
                  • AUSTRALIA
                  #5
                  Re: Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

                  What a surprise! There was one capacitor that had slight bulge on top, so decided to replace it. Only had 1000 mF leftover from previous Samsung repair so put that in and guess what? It worked.
                  The opener responds to remotes perfectly! The blue Lelon is the defective cap in the attached photo.
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                    • momaka
                      master hoarder
                      • May 2008
                      • 12160
                      • Bulgaria
                      #6
                      Re: Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

                      Bad caps in your garage door opener... who would have thunk of that?!

                      Good job with the repair! Those folks in the garage door "repair service" have nothing on you, lol .

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                        • R_J
                          Badcaps Legend
                          • Jun 2012
                          • 9514
                          • Canada
                          #7
                          Re: Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

                          I noticed the picture was upside down, but then I noticed your country:

                          so now you can take back the new one and get your money back.

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                            • dolon
                              New Member
                              • Mar 2016
                              • 9
                              • AUSTRALIA
                              #8
                              Re: Garage Door Opener Merlin 5580A

                              Originally posted by momaka
                              Bad caps in your garage door opener... who would have thunk of that?!

                              Good job with the repair! Those folks in the garage door "repair service" have nothing on you, lol .
                              One could reasonably expect that service technicians would know the common faults and at least do a bit of troubleshooting.
                              All the guy did was check power and operate the remote. When there was no response or click it was obviously a receiver/transmitter problem.
                              It just seemed ridiculous to scrap a perfectly operating unit just for that.

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