Garage Door Opener Works But Light Does Not

Then within 30 seconds hold the button on your remote for three seconds or until garage door opener s lights flash or the led light on your opener blinks.

Garage door opener works but light does not.

The opener remotely sends an infrared or ir signal to a receiver that triggers a switch promting an electric motor to open or close the garage door. Listen for the light relay on the logic board to click. Before any garage door remote works correctly. When we return home the remote always works to open the garage door during the day.

We then close the garage door using the remote opener. To reprogram your garage door remote locate then press your opener s learn button. The table below shows how to identify the issue with the diagnostic code. If your garage door opener light is not working the fix might be as simple as changing the light bulb.

If however your garage door opener is still not working properly you may need to either call a repairman or replace the whole system. It will go up with no problems but it doesn t go down unless i hold down the button the entire way. Opener does not operate when the wall console is pressed. This is an easy fix but caution must be used.

First disconnect the garage door opener from all power. Try using your remote to open or close your door to determine if the reprogramming was successful. Unplug the garage door opener then immediately plug the opener back into the electrical outlet. If the power is ok.

By rebooting your garage door opener you ll clear all the stored memory and hopefully eliminate issues in the future. Light bulb needs to be replaced in garage door opener. There are a few things which can cause this. We have observed brand new light bulbs that don t work right out of the box.

Plug a lamp into the same outlet if the lamp works the power source is ok if the lamp does not work check the fuse or breaker. With the diagnostic feature on craftsman you can know what exactly the issue is. More and more products are being produced at a faster rate and that leads to reduced quality. Morning folks i m finally getting around to futzing with our new home s garage door opener which was advertised as non functional when we bought the house.

In this situation the only option is to replace the logic board or the entire garage door opener. If you hear a click replace the light socket if you do not hear a click replace the logic board. Another common cause of light bulb failure i have found is that the brass tab in the bottom of the light bulb socket has been bent down too far and is not making contact and completing the electric circuit. But it s non functional in a very unusual way.

We use the wall mounted unit to open the garage door when leaving always works day or night. This always works during the day but is problematic at night.