It is getting power because the light turns on.
Garage door opener not working after lightning strike.
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.
Another warning sign of lightning damage to a garage door opener is a remote that no longer seems to work.
If you ve been experiencing strange problems from your opener a lightning strike may be the cause.
To reprogram your garage door remote locate then press your opener s learn button.
When you try to activate it manually with the wall switch or the remote the light comes on and the motor clicks once but will not turn.
After a thunderstorm we see garage door openers that start having issues after a power surge due to lightning.
The opener ofr the adjacent garage door still works fine.
If all of the outlets and cables are intact you can blame the elements for your faulty garage door opener.
After a lightning storm there are three signs to look for to determine if a garage door opener was damaged by lightning.
After a huge lightning strike one of the garage door openers will not work.
If after replacing the remote s batteries you still can t get it to open the garage door then the problem may be inside of the opener.
When this happens the circuit board on the opener and possibly the safety photo eyes may be damaged.
Garage door won t open after lightning strike.
After a lightning storm there are three signs to look for to determine if a garage door opener was damaged by lightning.
It may open suddenly without a person pushing the button or it may stop half way open.
The opener acts haphazardly.
Many families know to unplug their valuable electronics from the wall outlets or to use surge protectors in order to protect these appliances and computers but your garage door opener is also at risk.
The lights that you see illuminated on your garage door opener when it is working right are indicative of properly functioning electrical wiring.
It may open suddenly without a person pushing the button or it may stop half way open.
One item that is very vulnerable is the electric garage door opener.
Posted by lsutigerme on 1 25 16 at 1 58 pm to bigb0882 more than likely the board is damaged by the capacitor blowing out.
The electrical circuits can be harmed by a power surge from a nearby lightning strike.
Led lights are not on.
The opener acts haphazardly.