So my boss allows Once a year Remote repairs to the shop , any time else within that year it gets de-ducted from our commission. I think this is pretty reasonable considering it shouldn't need repairs if you take care if it properly.
So a few months ago my Hand held had failed and went to the shop, so out goes my once a year repair.
The other day my Receiver fell off a controller and hit the garage cement floor.
The antenna connection broke off the circuit board as well as the plastic mounts broke off. I did not have any room to re-do what was there as well as with out the mounts it was pointless. So I rigged up somethin nice and special!
I drilled some holes, saudered in a new wire to give me flexibility and re-mounted.
I know my sauder connection is ugly, but I was less then a 1/8th of inch away from another connection that I could not touch, saudering a micro-chip board is extremely hard
I don't see why not, TRC charges for all the repairs anyway, even when it's still in warranty from my experience. If they're charging regardless, why would they care that someone has already worked on it?
Same reason that there are guys here on Lawnsite that will wipe their hands from an install if another contractor or the homeowner messes with it. They ruin the integrity of the product and void any warranty.
But that's just it, they're charging for the repair anyway, so the warranty is irrelevant.
The warranty sucks anyway. The first TRC I bought popped some capacitors one day when we were wiring in the 24V. I'd had the thing maybe 6 weeks and sent it in, they still charged the flat rate repair fee (something like $250) and then an overnight fee (which I did ask for but it took 4 days to get it back instead of the promised 2, so I was a little upset about that). They said the problem was that I did something wrong or the controller had a bad transformer. Transformer had 26V at the clock and when I've connected remotes to that same controller several times since then. I'm 100% certain it was defective remote, not defective install or controller, but I needed it back so I paid and still have a sour taste in my mouth over it. I figure since they don't really honor the warranty anyway, there's no point worrying about voiding it.
Unfortunately, Armada doesn't make remotes. Since RM isn't repairing things ina reasonable time frame, TRC really doesn't have any competition so they don't have to be sensitive to their customers. Maybe one day they'll have a real competitor but, until then...
Unfortunately, Armada doesn't make remotes. Since RM isn't repairing things ina reasonable time frame, TRC really doesn't have any competition so they don't have to be sensitive to their customers. Maybe one day they'll have a real competitor but, until then...
I'm telling ya......there is a market out there for a new remote company.
It doesn't have to be a RainMaster. Just a solid, durable, reliable, .5 mile range 12 station remote. For around 400 bucks and they will sale like crazy. I've already designed and have waiting the pigtail for it.
Motorola could build this thing overnight and be shipping them by next month.
I'm telling ya......there is a market out there for a new remote company.
It doesn't have to be a RainMaster. Just a solid, durable, reliable, .5 mile range 12 station remote. For around 400 bucks and they will sale like crazy. I've already designed and have waiting the pigtail for it.
Motorola could build this thing overnight and be shipping them by next month.
"...Without the remote control system of the present invention, the user would have to return to the garage, turn the automatic sprinkler system into the manual mode and send power through the first central conducting line to the solenoid valve for the first station. The user must then walk back to the location of the first station's sprinkler heads and look for any malfunction which may be causing the puddling. If a problem is not observed, the user must then return to the garage and modify the central control unit so that power is supplied to the second central conductor and the second solenoid valve. The user must then return to the location of the second sprinkler station and look for any malfunctioning sprinkler heads, etc.
If the defective part is observed, the user must then return to the garage to terminate the power and thereby close the second sprinkler station. The user must then return to the second sprinkler station to fix the defective part. Once fixed, the user must return to the garage to activate the second solenoid valve again. The user must then return to the second sprinkler station to ensure that the repaired part is functioning properly, and then terminate water flow to the second sprinkler station. As will be appreciated, on a large piece of property the time spent walking between the sprinkler station and the central control unit of the automatic sprinkler system can be more than the time required to make the actual repair...."
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