Questions tagged [garage-door-opener]
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Garage door arm ripped out of door
The other day I hit the button to open the door on my way out of the garage to grab something. In my haste, I had forgotten that I had the door slide lock engaged still. As a result, before I could ...
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Garage door opener will not close unless the wall button is held
I do not know if this could cause the problem or not but it is hooked up to an extension cord (not sure what size). There are two garage doors plugged in with extension cords. One is working but it is ...
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How to mount header bracket for garage door opener to concrete wall?
The anchor of the header bracket securing the garage door opener's rail to the concrete wall above the garage door came loose over time and with vibrations (details in a previous question).
What is ...
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What kind of bolt is this? (securing the garage door opener rail to the wall face)
It was used to secure the wall mounting bracket of the garage door opener's tee rail to the concrete wall of the house above the center of the garage door opening. The bolt was inside an expanding ...
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Can I use a larger garage door motor as a substitute for proper springs?
I have a wooden garage door which is very old and heavy. The cable is broken. A spring was broken sometime back and I got the spring replaced with a new one. The guy did a poor job and the spring does ...
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What is this 'wall box' port on my garage door opener?
The back of my Boss OL4 garage door opener has a square port with two pins labeled 'wall box' - see top of page 11 in the manual here.
Thing is there are also separate terminals for a push button to ...
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Replaced Safe-T-Beam on Genie Garage door opener, now I have no power
I replaced the Safe-T-Beam sensors on my garage door opener because of periodic issues with the door not closing. Now I have no power from the unit (SilentMax 1000). I tested the outlet and it has ...
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Garage door opener seems jammed
This is a relatively new opener, we've only lived in this new build house a year and of course the opener is out of warranty. First it kept trying to drive itself when it was already down and wouldn't ...
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Can I reuse the garage door rail when replacing the garage door opener?
I have a chain drive garage door opener. The sprocket on top of the garage door opener broke off so the chain isn't connected to the garage door opener anymore.
I want to re-use the garage door rail ...
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Car in driveway is source of garage door opener interference
It has been determined that the car parked in my shared driveway is interfering with 2 other condos. The garage door company is sure it is coming from my car which has been parked there for years. ...
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Add manual light switch to Genie Garage door opener
Currently, my genie Is550a garage door opener functions as intended, opening and closing my single garage door by pressing the single button (similar to a doorbell) activator.
Upon opening the door, ...
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No center strut in door for opener
Installed Genie Garage door (8' X 12') motor and chain rail with extension added. I am ready to attach it to the door but there is no center rail built into the door. Are there parts for this or do I ...
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Garage door won't open or close when the opener light is on
Garage Door Opener Model: Lift-master 1245R (by Chamberlain)
Ok, so this has been quite the puzzle. Roughly a couple of months ago, one of my parents' garage door openers started having problems. The ...
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Garage Door Sensors
My garage door opener stopped working and I found it's because of the sensors. It's a very old unit from the late '80s. Sears brand, not even Craftsman.
My concern is, since this is a very old unit, ...
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malfunction or burglar?
I everyone, I have a complicated situation so please bare with me for a minute. Years ago our garage door started to go up by its self. I was thinking about replacing the opener but when I looked ...
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Garage door needs light switch on to operate
I just bought a house. To use my garage door I just flip the light switch on(in photos) but this also turns on the lights as well. So to have my garage door always enabled I would have to leave the ...
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Use Doorbird D202 Doorbell to open/close Hormann Promatic Garage Door
I have a Doorbird D202 Doorbell and a Hormann Promatic Garage door. I want to use the Doorbird to Open the Garage Door
This is the connection I believe we need to connect the Doorbird to in the ...
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Programming Travel on LiftMaster Gone Wrong
I've been having intermittent problems with my garage door opener either reopening after closing (fully) or opening after partial closing. I could force it closed by holding down the button. This only ...
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What could cause a garage door opener trolley to only travel a few inches?
I have an older (circa year 2000) Chamberlain belt-drive opener. Today the trolley has started misbehaving. It opened the door fine this morning, but now will only travel a few inches down from the "...
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Garage Keypad programmed to one opener now opens second opener after programming a second keypad
About a year ago I installed a new Chamberlain garage door opener on my main bay. It has worked perfectly to date. I have a second bay with an older Craftsman opener and recently installed a remote ...
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LiftMaster Formula 1 intermittent remote control problems
We own four of the LiftMaster Formula 1 openers and none of the remotes are battery-powered. (we use the remotes build into the vehicles)
All of the bulbs in the openers are incandescent and the ones ...
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Checking garage door chain tension
The garage door manual isn't clear about exactly how to check the chain tension. The tension differs if the manual "override" is engaged or not. When it's in "manual mode" (manually open/close the ...
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Would a bit of grease on overhead door cables or bearings cause the springs to break?
I have a roll-up (2 car-width) garage door. The right top torsion spring broke. I would have fixed it myself, but no time. I called out a repair company, and they guy came out and said that I need to ...
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I locked myself out of garage, how can I get back in?
I locked myself out of the garage (Craftsman/Liftmaster 315). I used the wall control to put the door down, but I had accidentally activated "vacation mode." The remote control will not let me in ...
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Why does it take several attempts for my garage door to go all the way down?
It comes back up at different points. Sometimes it won't even start going down. Both my yellow and green lights are on, but it keeps coming back up.
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New (2019) Chamberlain 3/4 HP belt drive door opener
I was wondering if I buy a second wall mount door control, identical to the one supplied, can it be wired in in parallel from a second location with a two wire circuit paralleled to the existing at ...
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LED Bulbs won't fit my garage door opener
These are the last bulbs in the house that I have not been able to change over to LED.
You might be thinking to yourself, they only turn on for 1 minute, what is the big deal. I've started to notice ...
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How do I add a second wired garage door opener?
I'd like to add a hardwired garage door opener inside the house. Can I simply splice the two wires from the main button to a second button (momentary switch), or do I need to run them all the way ...
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Strange garage door sensors
In my 2 car garage, a box was moved close to door #1. The sensors for that door remained normal (solid sensor lights). However, the red sensor for door #2 started blinking and that door (#2) would not ...
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Can I program a garage key without rendering other programmed keys useless?
At my previous residence, I used to press a program/reset button on the garage motor to program a new remote. But that used to also make any other remotes paired to it useless as those remotes would ...
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Top center of garage door bumping opener rail as it closes. Does anyone know the fix for this?
After 10 years of normal operation, my garage door started bumping the center opener rail just as the last edge of the door passes the very front the rail before it closes. This causes it to pop back ...
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How can I use a 15A momentary switch (switches) to replace my multi-button wall-mount garage door opener?
My wall-mount garage door opener was pretty beat up when I moved in and has only gotten worse to the point the open/close button is cracked and is difficult to operate for my kids.
I would like to ...
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Garage door goes up, but won't go down
This is a strange question, but for the last four years, my garage door only goes up, but not down. The strange part is it works fine if the temperature is above 45º. Does track lubricant get too ...
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Garage door lights: which cfl bulbs work?
I discovered yesterday that led bulbs cause RF interference and disrupt the use garage door remotes. While I could look for a low interference led bulb, they are rather expensive. I had some cfl ...
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LEDs won't turn on
I have a garage door opener which can have two lightbulbs screwed, that for some reason burn out LED lightbulbs approximately every 3 months. However, this time, the new LED bulbs I bought work ...
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Why does garage remote not work after replacing the remote/batteries and pairing it up again?
I have replaced the remote, put a new battery in, paired it up with the garage door opener. The remote only works when I am standing right under the garage door opener.
Please help.
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Do they make wireless safety sensors for garage door openers?
I've had a lot of issues with the safety sensors for my garage door opener, most of which had to do with loose or broken wires leading from the opener to the sensors. It's been extremely frustrating ...
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Garage door Versus home security
I had a wireless security system installed by Safetouch (who monitors my system) in place of my existing standard security. A suggested upgrade by their technician. The very next day I get in my car ...
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Garage has switched outlets only, cannot operate new garage doors. What are my options?
UPDATE: For anyone curious about what I ended up doing -- I bought 6 motion sensor plugs, plugged those into the existing outlets, then plugged the lights into that, and the garage door opener plug ...
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Correction for garage door opener that leaks current to bulb?
I've got an Alister Access 3000 garage door opener. The normal light bulb is a standard rough service 60 watt incandescent. It has the unfortunate side effect of melting the plastic lens cover over ...
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How could changing the remote battery suddenly cause my garage door to behave erratically?
My garage door remote was behaving properly yesterday -- it had just gradually become a bit less sensitive (I had to press the button harder, from a closer distance), so figured it was time to replace ...
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Garage Door Opener Doesn't Work with Remote When Light Is On
I have a Lift-Master 1000SD garage door opener that has worked well for 20 years. Just recently we have been unable to close the door with any of the remotes after leaving in the morning. Even holding ...
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WiFi garage door controller installation
Currently I have the normal garage door remote but in addition to it I would like to add a WiFi controlled system.
https://imgur.com/a/TmViiSt Those pictures show the current control box and the new ...
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Why does the wall-mounted control for my Genie 2024 Garage Opener quit working when the weather is hot?
Remotes work fine. But every time the temperature gets above 80 the light in the wall unit (inside) goes out and it quits working. Usually by the next morning it comes back on. Since we're having ...
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How to work around spring support when installing a garage door opener?
I'm trying to help my brother with a garage door opener installation. Normally this would be pretty straightforward, but his garage has a feature/obstacle I've never seen before. The door installer ...
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garage door won't close sometimes
This is a followup to the thread here, since problem resurfaced: garage door usually won't close - even trolley without door won't move much
Hopefully with better details and some attached ...
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Chamberlin Keypad work with a Linear motor
I replaced an old Chamberlin garage door open with a Linear LDO50 motor. I have a Chamberlin garage door opener keypad (model unknown) mounted on the outside of the garage. I’m trying to program the ...
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Why is my remote control not opening my garage door?
I'm having garage door issues. My opener model is a Genie H6000A, the following symptoms are happening:
Garage door opens/closes fine when the wall button is pressed and hold.
Garage door closes fine ...
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How to remove rusted screws?
I have these rusted screws in my garage door.
How do I remove them? I tried using pliers, a hammer, Water Displacement 40. Didn't come out.
Here is another view from the inside:
If someone has a ...
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Garage Door Operation Inconsistent (But ONLY with the Universal Remote)
I have the problem that many others have had here except that my door has stopped working with the universal remote (roof of the GM car) ONLY. The Lift-Master remotes work well. Initially, it was ...
