I have a Craftsman garage door belt drive opener that is 14 years old, is this an average life span? The last one was a Genie that was there when we moved in in 1988 and lasted up until fall of 2007 when I installed the Craftsman.
Couple months ago it started acting up, wouldn't open then an hour later it would and be fine for a few days then nothing, repeat rinse..... I've have figure out it seems to happen when it's hot our or high humidity. From researching this it seems cold solder joints are common on these, but a new board is $89 and if that turns out no to be the issue the motor could be the problem @ $120. If I ended up replacing both I would be close to buying a new one so I decided just to replace it.
The only one I can find local is a Chamberlain B550 at Menards for $199 ($177 after 11% rebate) and is my budget at this time. This one looks exactly like what I have now but has the MyQ wifi thingy. I did figure out they both are made by Liftmaster.
Looking for some folks that have used this model or Chamberlain and your thoughts or suggestions.
Couple months ago it started acting up, wouldn't open then an hour later it would and be fine for a few days then nothing, repeat rinse..... I've have figure out it seems to happen when it's hot our or high humidity. From researching this it seems cold solder joints are common on these, but a new board is $89 and if that turns out no to be the issue the motor could be the problem @ $120. If I ended up replacing both I would be close to buying a new one so I decided just to replace it.
The only one I can find local is a Chamberlain B550 at Menards for $199 ($177 after 11% rebate) and is my budget at this time. This one looks exactly like what I have now but has the MyQ wifi thingy. I did figure out they both are made by Liftmaster.
Looking for some folks that have used this model or Chamberlain and your thoughts or suggestions.