Garage door openers

As some of you may heard of my recent incident with my garage door opener i would like to get the word out there to save somebody else of having the same misfortune.
 
   I have  chamberlain garage door opener with a back up battery in it.
The unit has a sealed battery wich opens the door in case of a power failure.
 
   My car was put to bed for the winter and when i went to clean it for the first show i found paint damage to at least my hood,fender,door and poss. more to be deternend by body shop.
 
   The sealed battery i found to be leaking at the top of the battery  seam.
 
   Anyone who has a battery back up in there door opener i recomend removing it. If you realy need a back up in your opener i suggest relocating the battery to a safer area in your garage and run wires to it.

heard about your problems yesterday.hope you got a good body shop doing the work..you can always come out with one of us till your car gets fixed

  earl scheib-paint any car $99.95   
 
I got a guy who i trust completely -JFA Bohemia

gt45aniv wrote:

  earl scheib-paint any car $99.95   
 
I got a guy who i trust completely -JFA Bohemia

JFA .....  
My body guy Joe works there as well.

I'm surprised if the battery leaked, the damage wasn't confined to one area.
What has Chamberlain stated about the situation ?

When the battery dripped down and hit the car it
splatterd. I havent contacted the company yet. Im waiting to calm down first.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Beware of battery backup, Leaking ACID, January 7, 2013
By Amazon Customer - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Chamberlain WD962KEV Whisper Drive Garage Door Opener with MyQ Technology and Battery Backup (Tools & Home Improvement)
I've had this unit installed for two years and its been working great. I just bought a new car and parked it in the garage. The next day as I was setting it up with homelink I noticed the bottom of the unit had been eaten through by acid! the liquid acid from the battery had eaten through the unit and dripped down to the floor of the garage missing my brand new BMW by an inch,inch and a half!
I really got lucky.
The response from Chamberlain was "Its a sealed battery, It shouldn't do that" (Oh really?) and "If its under one year we'll replace the battery".
So glad it missed my car otherwise I would have had to start small claims proceedings.
Keep an eye on those batteries folks! I won't be using one on mine from now on.
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    Getting car back tommorrow     

its about time.......