Garage Door Opener Shorting Out

Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly.

Garage door opener shorting out. The solder and the copper it is on vaporizes when shorted. Try making small adjustments. If you don t see smoke you might hear a clicking or humming sound coming from the motor. If you garage door is lowering then reversing back to the open position there could.

Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way. If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors. The burnt trace s are easy to see. Garage door openers manufactured after 1993 include sensors to prevent a door from closing on a child or pet.

Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor has burned out and isn t operating at all. This is a problem that will require you or a service person to replace it. If the wiring connections are okay wait a few minutes before plugging the garage door opener back in disconnecting the power resets the logic board after an electrical disturbance. T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener.

Unplug the garage door opener and check the wiring connections on the panel. If you repair the defect s with a soldering iron and a bit of thin copper wire the opener will be ok. As its name sounds a garage door opener is a device used to open or close your garage door from a short distance without getting out of your car. If the circuit breaker or gfci is tripping repeatedly it s a sign that there is a short circuit somewhere in the system possibly even the garage door opener itself.

Then test whether the opener works. If your garage door opener stops working and you see smoke coming from the motor you most likely have a blown starting capacitor.