Electric curtains broken

[noidea]

Hi all glad i have found this site

My disabled mother has motorised curtains in her bedroom, this morning they have broken. The power unit appears to have broken or died.

The problem is i cant seem to operate the curtains manually (she had a similar situation in the lounge but these are operated manually now which is fine)

any ideas? i am not very diy wise :)

thanks

[geoff]

In message , noidea writes

DIYBanter ?

get a man in

[Alan Deane]

What site would that be then? DIYbanter?? Oh dear. This is usenet.

What make and model curtains motors are they? Alan.

[geoff]

White ones ...

[F Murtz]

Angle grinder.

[Bill Wright]

You lot are just being horrible now.

Bill

[mike]

A relative of mine has Swish Autoglide / Silent Gliss curtain track. They seem to be very unreliable and, on the occasions when a visitor has tried to operate them manually, it buggers them up.

Some of the old motors have been discontinued but you could try this site for refurbished units/advice:

Lewis sell (or used to sell) them. It might be worth a call to your local branch to see if they have someone on staff - or a contractor they use - that installs/repairs them.

HTH.

[meow2222]

this is a newsgroup, not a website

appears to... does it produce the right voltage out or not?

Well, I'd start by fault finding. See if the power supply is producing powe= r or not. You need a basic multimeter for that, rapidonline do them for abo= ut =A32. Check the rail see if they cord's jammed etc. When you know what t= he problem is, we might know how to fix it.

NT