My Garage Door Transmitter Not Working

This may sound obvious but your garage door transmitters need power to work.

My garage door transmitter not working. To help you troubleshoot your garage door issues here are the top 10 reasons your garage door won t work. Test or replace all batteries in handheld remote garage door transmitter s and built in car. Some garage doors have infrared sensors that shoot an invisible beam across the door. Here is what to check when all garage door transmitters stop working at same time.

The remotes work by electronically sending a signal to the motor inside your garage allowing you to open and close the door. Be sure nothing such as a tree hanging over the garage is blocking the transmitter signal from opening the garage door. If they are working correctly the problem might be because of the safety sensors. 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.

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 the batteries in your transmitter are dead the transmitter won t be able to send a signal to your garage door to open. The transmitter batteries are dead.