My Garage Door Transmitter Not Working

Troubleshooting a lost signal on your remote is as easy as resetting the old signal on the motor opener and equipping your transmitters with new signals.

My garage door transmitter not working.

Oftentimes when your garage door opener remote stops working it is because the remote transmitter has lost its signal with the motor. Quickly test the quality of your opener s wiring by following these steps. Unplug the opener and disconnect the two wires from the motor reconnect your machine to power then clear its memory and reprogram all remote controls unplug the device for a second time and reconnect the control wiring to. Be sure nothing such as a tree hanging over the garage is blocking the transmitter signal from opening the garage door.

The remotes work by electronically sending a signal to the motor inside your garage allowing you to open and close the door. Some garage doors have infrared sensors that shoot an invisible beam across the door. To help you troubleshoot your garage door issues here are the top 10 reasons your garage door won t work. This may sound obvious but your garage door transmitters need power to work.

The transmitter batteries are dead. 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. If they are working correctly the problem might be because of the safety sensors.