Garage Door Opener Water Damage

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Garage door opener water damage.

Common causes of garage door being damage. The sensors that make garage doors safer must be located in the worst possible place close to the floor. Call us at 1 800 478 8428. The panel is severely water damaged.

Garage door openers are particularly vulnerable to power surges. It may open suddenly without a person pushing the button or it may stop half way open. One lightning strike near your home could cause a power surge that damages the circuit board in your garage door opener. Under ideal circumstances the door in its entirety would be replaced but that isn t going to happen for a few year while other priorities are pending.

A good safeguard to protect your garage door opener is to plug in a surge protector on the outlet where your opener is plugged. At the door works we can help you with this. The electrical circuits can be harmed by a power surge from a nearby lightning strike. In the images below is the bottom right section of my garage door.

Electric garage door openers are a great innovation but as is the case with every electric electronic component things can go bad and malfunction. Also note that in the bottom right corner a piece of the garage door likely the size of a rodent is missing filled in currently with cardboard from a tape roll. Small single outlet surge protectors are available at most hardware stores and office supply stores. After a lightning storm there are three signs to look for to determine if a garage door opener was damaged by lightning.

Keep in mind that electronics and water do not mix and using a garage door opener that has a damaged system due to flood water can be very dangerous. If your garage door still opens even after heavy flooding or rain but you notice leaks coming from it prioritize fixing the water problem first. The opener acts haphazardly.