Garage Door Remote Is Weak

The most common cause of garage door remote control failure are weak or dead batteries.

Garage door remote is weak.

Some garage doors have infrared sensors that shoot an invisible beam across the door. The garage door remote won t work but the wall switch does check the batteries and electrical connections in the remote to make sure they are working correctly. If they are working correctly the problem might be because of the safety sensors. The remote control unit for a garage door opener works by transmitting a radio signal to the unit inside the garage.

Anyone who is familiar with automatic openers may realize the remote doesn t. If the range improves then the interference is coming from a device in the garage. This easy to program remote is compatible with over 90 of all garage door openers installed in north america including major brands such as chamberlain liftmaster craftsman genie. Avoid frustration with your garage door by knowing the many sources of radio interference that may be preventing your garage door remote from working.

It s a good thing we can only hear a limited range of audio frequencies 20hz to 20 000hz because if we did hear everything in the radio frequency range it would drive us crazy. To isolate potential sources of interference turn the circuit breaker off to the garage and plug the garage door opener into an extension cord from another room. The original clicker universal garage door remote keeps the original clicker universal garage door remote keeps you moving with 2 buttons that control up to 2 different brands of garage door openers individually.