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.

Garage door opener works but light does not.

This always works during the day but is problematic at night. Listen for the light relay on the logic board to click. Otherwise if i just press and release the door goes down maybe an inch and stops. By rebooting your garage door opener you ll clear all the stored memory and hopefully eliminate issues in the future.

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. 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. 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. If the power is ok.

When the garage door does not close and the lights flashes it means the problem is with the safety sensor. If your garage door opener light is not working the fix might be as simple as changing the light bulb. Try using your remote to open or close your door to determine if the reprogramming was successful. It will go up with no problems but it doesn t go down unless i hold down the button the entire way.

With the diagnostic feature on craftsman you can know what exactly the issue is. We then close the garage door using the remote opener. Before any garage door remote works correctly. We use the wall mounted unit to open the garage door when leaving always works day or night.

Light bulb needs to be replaced in garage door opener. To reprogram your garage door remote locate then press your opener s learn button. When we return home the remote always works to open the garage door during the day. If you hear a click replace the light socket if you do not hear a click replace the logic board.

Opener does not operate when the wall console is pressed. We have observed brand new light bulbs that don t work right out of the box. But it s non functional in a very unusual way. This is an easy fix but caution must be used.

The table below shows how to identify the issue with the diagnostic code. More and more products are being produced at a faster rate and that leads to reduced quality. In this situation the only option is to replace the logic board or the entire garage door opener. If however your garage door opener is still not working properly you may need to either call a repairman or replace the whole system.

Unplug the garage door opener then immediately plug the opener back into the electrical outlet. Turn sure lock off also called vacation lock check the power source where the powerhead is plugged in.