Garage Door Opener Seems Weak

It was tracked down to led bulbs causing rfi radio frequency interference and blocking the weak signal from the opener and or homelink.

Garage door opener seems weak.

Wipe away grease and grime buildup on all hinges rollers and roller pins with a damp cloth. These motors have a run capacitor that can get weak or go bad reducing the motor s start and run torque below acceptable levels. Apply two drops of penetrating oil to the seams of the hinges. This is a very common failure with single phase hvac equipment too.

Find the chamberlain garage door opener technical support you need to get your garage door opener operational. I just read something on another forum about people having trouble with their garage door openers not working. Sooo if you are having difficulties check the bulb in the overhead motor compartment and if it s led replace it with an incandescent bulb. If you see an error code flashing on the motor unit look up the error code in your owner s manual or refer to our error code charts to decipher the code and troubleshoot the problem.

If the range improves then the interference is coming from a device in the garage. Close the garage door. The garage door opener may signal an error code by flashing lights on the motor unit in a repeating pattern when the opener doesn t work. Many garage door openers use fractional horsepower psc motors.

To isolate potential sources of interference turn the circuit breaker off to the garage and plug the garage door opener into an extension cord from another room. This is related to the up limit switch. T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener.