Garage Door Opener Not Working With Remote

Use your garage door opener remote to test the functionality of your door.

Garage door opener not working with remote.

The garage door remote won t work but the wall switch does check the batteries and electrical connections in the remote to make sure they are working correctly. To be sure that the batteries are always good use name brand quality batteries instead of discount brands. The most common cause of garage door remote control failure are weak or dead batteries. Some garage doors have infrared sensors that shoot an invisible beam across the door.

If pressing the button on your garage door s remote control doesn t work check the batteries first. Simple but true the remote transmitter needs power to send a signal to your opener. If this still doesn t work then it may not be a problem with your opener at all. A gfi is responsible for protecting your home from any potential electrical dangers such as overheating.

Another common reason your garage door remote control might not work is because of a blown ground fault interpreter gfi. If the remote works from inside the garage but not from the outside then most likely the antenna wire on the garage door opener itself may be damaged broken or not in visible range. If they are working correctly the problem might be because of the safety sensors.