The opener acts haphazardly.
Garage door opener water damage.
At the door works we can help you with this.
One lightning strike near your home could cause a power surge that damages the circuit board in your garage door opener.
Under ideal circumstances the door in its entirety would be replaced but that isn t going to happen for a few year while other priorities are pending.
This means they re subjected to water dirt and physical damage from careless drivers and children.
The electrical circuits can be harmed by a power surge from a nearby lightning strike.
We just moved in this home.
Small single outlet surge protectors are available at most hardware stores and office supply stores.
Garage door openers are particularly vulnerable to power surges.
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Power surges are common with our summer storms.
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Electric garage door openers are a great innovation but as is the case with every electric electronic component things can go bad and malfunction.
A good safeguard to protect your garage door opener is to plug in a surge protector on the outlet where your opener is plugged.
Common causes of garage door being damage.
It may open suddenly without a person pushing the button or it may stop half way open.
The panel is severely water damaged.
Keep in mind that electronics and water do not mix and using a garage door opener that has a damaged system due to flood water can be very dangerous.
Also note that in the bottom right corner a piece of the garage door likely the size of a rodent is missing filled in currently with cardboard from a tape roll.
In the images below is the bottom right section of my garage door.