I finally understood why my old boss told me to always check the door operator first

Back when I started, my boss in Chicago said, 'If a car won't move, 90% of the time it's the door operator, not the motor.' I thought he was just being lazy. Last month, I spent a whole morning on a call in a 15-story building checking the drive and controller. It was the door lock switch the whole time, just like he said. Anyone else have a simple piece of advice that saves you hours now?

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lisa_carter3127d ago

That "check for dumb stuff first" thing @joel_adams79 mentioned is so true everywhere. I see it all the time with people restarting their router for an hour when the problem is just a loose cable. It's like we always jump to the hardest fix instead of the simple one right in front of us.

schmidt.reese27d ago

Classic case of looking for your keys in the junk drawer when they're still in the door. Why do our brains always skip the easy step?

joel_adams7928d ago

Watched a buddy of mine, an HVAC guy, spend half a day tracing a weird short in a unit. He replaced a board and everything. Turned out the homeowner had a space heater plugged into the same outlet and kept tripping the breaker. He always checks for dumb stuff like that first now.