Older garage door openers have a standby power draw as high as 14 watts.
Garage door opener power draw.
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A garage door opener has a radio receiver garage lights and a motor to lift the garage door.
So how much energy does my garage door opener burn when on standby.
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The horsepower needed for your garage door opener is dependent on whether or not you want a long lasting opener verses replacing it every few cycles or the size of the door.
Thus watts volts amps.
For example if you would like to lift a double garage door one might suggest using a 1 2 horsepower because the door is heavier and larger.
I think garage door openers use 1 2 hp motors or so.
So the wattage of operation is about 375w the duration is about 20 seconds offhand or a 1 3 minute.
When several different models were tested the annual energy use varied anywhere from 15 8 kwh to 127 0 kwh or 2 to 16 per year.
Uses less than a watt while standing by waiting for the signal to open.
Like everything else this answer is heavily dependent on the make and model.
If your home has a garage there is a good chance that you have an automatic garage door opener.
So each actuation takes 002 kwh 004 for an up down cycle.
The door can be heavy but usually uses counterweights or springs so that the motor isn t lifting a 300 lbs.
Amps x volts watts.
Door from a dead stop.
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If your opener has a 200 watt lighting system for example the lights alone will draw just under 2 amps.
Most modern garage door openers draw from 3 to 5 amps depending on what type of lighting your opener has.
