Customer Reviews

Genie 19988A Motor Starting Capacitor

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So, when I was trying to set a new door opener remote, my starting capacitor blew. I am no expert with these things, but it was not tough to tell what the problem was when I took the cover of the garage door opener. There was brown goo spraying out of the old starting capacitor. I used an index card to note the lead locations and removed it after it stopped spraying the stuff. I wrote down the model number of the capacitor and searched everywhere but only found it here on amazon. It does not look like the original (and it is a different brand), but it works. No issues, have been using for well over a month. Saved me $300 and 4-or-more hours to install a whole new opener. Worked well for me.

Total time to install once it arrived - 10 minutes (5 of which was to move the cars and get the ladder setup). DIY level - beginner.

NOTE: It is a given to most, but I might as well say it... unplug the garage door opener before removing or installing the capacitor.

My Genie Series 2 IMS1000 Garage door opener unit stopped working one day, I tried troubleshooting every which way to no avail. Looked at the capacitor that was starting to leak fluid at the connections and took one last shot at fixing it before a decision to purchase a brand new unit. It worked! The new capacitor put in place was just what the doctor ordered, this one item saved me $150 bulks on a brand new unit and time and energy to put it all in place.

I popped the cap in my opener by running the door up and down too many times in a row... lots of smoke coming out of it. Put this cap in and it's working again. A perfect fit for my Genie opener.

This capacitor was a perfect replacement part, albeit in a more modern form than the ancient original I replaced. It's a little shorter in length but fits the mount and works like a charm. Much better than replacing the entire unit.