Garage Door Remote Not Working From Distance

When the light is on ie after opening the door we are unable to close it using the fob.

Garage door remote not working from distance.

I changed the batteries in both remote. There are several reasons why your remote might not operate correctly. My garage door fob will not work when the garage door opener light is on. Once the door is open it will close from outside but not in the car.

About 2 years old. Craftsman garage door opener. Worked great till this week does not open from the car in front of door out side. Another common reason your garage door remote control might not work is because of a blown ground fault interpreter gfi.

A gfi is responsible for protecting your home from any potential electrical dangers such as overheating. Use your garage door opener remote to test the functionality of your door. Get out of the car nothing. If we leave the car go into the garage and turn off the opener light from the wall mounted remote the key fob then works.

Get close to the door and door frame will work. Modern garage door motors have radio receivers that operate at 315 mhz. We use them every day but most people don t know how garage door remotes work. This is a new situation.

When you click your garage door remote it sends a signal to the opener. Anyone who is familiar with automatic openers may realize the remote doesn t. Once the radio receiver on the opener gets the signal from the. The remote control unit for a garage door opener works by transmitting a radio signal to the unit inside the garage.

This occurs when something in the area. If the light is off the key fob works.