Garage Door Opener Remote Control Not Working

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

Garage door opener remote control not working.

Garage door opener works from the wall control but not from the remote. Believe it or not technologies like garage door opener remote controls are supposed to make our lives easier. A remote will not work if there is no power at the receiver. Neither remote control nor wall switch operates the opener.

Replace the genie remote if needed. Unfortunately there is nothing easy about having to open a garage door by hand in the middle of a freezing winter night because the remote for the opener won t work. Simple but true the remote transmitter needs power to send a signal to your opener. A remote control garage door opener is a handy little electronic device that makes it possible to get into the garage without leaving the car or heaving up the heavy door yourself.

As with many such problems the most common problem is the simplest one the motor unit has been unplugged. Check for blocked safety sensors the safety sensors are located near the bottom rear corners of the garage door track. Reprogram the remote to the power head. If pressing the button on your garage door s remote control doesn t work check the batteries first.

Another common reason your garage door remote control might not work is because of a blown ground fault interpreter gfi. Check all remotes if all the remotes and wireless devices stopped working at the same time this could indicate the circuit board needs replaced replace the remote battery if neccesary. Check to be sure the antenna is attached and if it is not hanging down from the unit move the antenna so it can catch the beam being sent by the remote please note that the antenna on some garage door openers. A gfi is responsible for protecting your home from any potential electrical dangers such as overheating.