Garage Door Opener Works Inside Not Outside

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Garage door opener works inside not outside.

It did close it from outside garage but i could not open it again. They need to have a clear line of sight between them in order for the door to work properly. Use your garage door opener remote to test the functionality of your door. Then look to see if the rollers are in working order.

Not all have it but many have a 12 wire than hangs down. Get shopping advice from experts friends and the community. Still doesn t work every time outside or in the cars. This just started this morning they worked last night.

However if all the garage door openers stop working at the same time then most likely the garage door antenna is not attached properly or the garage door opener itself needs to be reset. Another common reason your garage door remote control might not work is because of a blown ground fault interpreter gfi. You can try to simply unplug the garage door opener from the wall for 30 seconds and see if that resets it. Also i am unable to program the homelink control buttons in my vehicles after following the specific.

The model ia139 53962srt1 any help. I purchased and installed a craftsman garage door opener model 139 53918d this week. A gfi is responsible for protecting your home from any potential electrical dangers such as overheating. Check to be sure the antenna is attached and if it is not hanging down from the unit move the antenna so it can catch the beam being sent by the remote.

I d also check your garage door opener antenna. My garage door remotes will not open door from the outside unless you are right in front of the door. I have replaced the battery on reprogrammed the remotes with no luck. Verify if there isn t a block between them.

If the remote works from inside the garage but not from the outside then most likely the antenna wire on the garage door opener itself may be damaged broken or not in visible range. Safety sensors are the electronic eyes near the base of the door track on both sides. The opener is working fine using the wall control however the remote controls only work within the garage and a few feet outside the garage. Both remotes will open door from inside garage as will wall switch.

It is c read more. Yes the garage door is metal with small windows at the top. I have also checked to see that the antenna is hanging down. Remotes for the garage door opener only work when standing right under the garage door opener and will not work when outside the garage.

I tried extending the antenna up adding wire ti extend to front of garage. First you should check the safety sensors. Our garage door opener is at least 10 yrs old this just happened today.