Crooked or broken blinds can be fixed. Good to have them working when selling or buying a new house! It will save you money on your next mortgage! Arduino projects coming soon: stm32 oscilloscope! $8
THANKS!! Moved into a house 3 days ago and the big picture window had one of these shades and it stopped working the 3rd day, so no view! I watched your video and (angel music) wa la, it fixed itself. You were right I did have to pull it all the way down, gently stretch it down and sort of tug a bit on each end in a zig zag (first one side, then the other) motion and after about ten tugs it snapped back and we have our view back! : )
Just fixed my second broken blind. Was so much easier second time around. Still referred to your video to refresh order of repair. Less than fifteen minutes from taking off window to putting back on 😉
Thank you for your video especially about threading the 2 plastic mechanisms. Also spraying the cord with clear silicone spray will help with any friction with the cord & blind. I replaced both cords and I am having trouble getting the blinds to retract. Any suggestions?
@@TheRainHarvester same problem here... the rod came out of the other spool as I was disassembling and I heard it unwind and it clearly lost the tension. I spun the rod through the tensioner to rewire the spools and bring the blind to the top. Was hoping that would wind it up again but did not. Any ideas how to properly do this? There is a little CW symbol with arrows to show direction to spin the rod, so I assume this can be done.
At 4:26 it describes the winding of the cylinders. They just take up slack. They don't apply winding tension. Those 2 white blocks in the middle apply the winding tension. If those unwound, you have to somehow turn them so they are woundup tight when the cord is fully extended.
I got mine on eBay. To measure, you wrap the cord around a pencil ten times, measure the distance along the pencil where the cord is wrapped, in millimeters, then divide by ten. That's the diameter in millimeters.
I dont remember but... To measure, you wrap the cord around a pencil ten times, measure the distance along the pencil where the cord is wrapped, in millimeters, then divide by ten. That's the diameter in millimeters.
