Electrical question - Levelor blinds
We installed a Levelor motorized blind in June and it quit in August. It is powered by an 18 volt battery wand (holder). The batteries are good but no output voltage. The wand is just a plastic tube that holds two rows of AA cells connected at the back end and with a cord to the front. There is no continuity at the back end and there is a small circuit thing there.
Levelor is sending a new wand that should fix it but the customer service tech didn't know what the device was. So two questions:
What does that device do, Can I just jumper it out?
Can I power the blind from my 18 volt Ryobi batteries? (not that I want to but if it becomes a battery hog then maybe)
We really like the blind.