No power to garage door
 

No power to garage door
Would anybody know what to look for. I have no power at the garage motors, both motors have no power, and I have no breakers tripped in the panel. Everything else seems to be working in the garage. What else would I look for. I even checked the GFI‘s.

Are you sure the breaker isn’t tripped? Have you turned it off and back on?
Anything blocking the safety beam that keeps the door from operating?


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Were you away from TV and just returned?

You have two GFCI's in your garage. One of them is tripped. Also, if you have a circuit breaker tripped, it is hard to tell, you have to turn it all the way OFF, then back ON to reset.

Frank

Reset the breaker and the GFCI. A breaker may not looked tripped when it actually is.

I’m still up north, A friend check on the house and told me.

Check the alignment of the sensors at the bottom on each side of the door. If they got bumped, they could be out of alignment. Happened to us once

Door
 

Check the small box on the wall, where the up and down switch is. There is a lock on that small box, a switch that is VERY hard to see. Also check the main panel, it will be on a breaker with some other item possibly, to reset and work best.

:bigbow:

Depending on the house. There is one on the back side wall in the garage, one on the outside wall of the garage by the front door and the garage door opener has another one that it's plugged into. At least that's what my Jasmine has.

:agree:
This exact same thing happened to me last week. Found/Reset the garage GFCI that was tripped. Problem solved.

I would just reset the GFIs that on the garage door circuit, if that didn’t work I would stick meter in the socket to actually see if no powers at the outlets, then, I would go to breaker box and look for garage outlet breaker, flip it off then on, you should fell it reset. Some where long the way you will probably find the powerless problem either at the GFIs or at the outlet that the garage doors plug into. I have noticed the electricians sometime get in hurry and screw the labeling up on the main circuit breaker box or don’t label all the circuits on the breaker and some just outright label them wrong.

I agree. The sensors may be out of alignment. I had an inop door and was so frustrated as I was unable to find the reason. Called a garage guy, he quickly realigned the sensors, and gave me an invoice. Check sensor alignment, you may have bumped one.

Master Electrician
 

If you have a voltage tester, please go to the garage door receptacle and check the voltage from hot to ground not hot to neutral. What I have seen i that you may have the neutral wire come loose either at the receptacle or in the panel and that would give you the illusion of no power.

No power to garage door
 

Look carefully on the bottom of your garage door control pads to see if there's a "lock"symbol with a small black on/off switch. If so, check to be sure the switch is on.

Did you check the lock buttons on the wall open close panel ?

Odds are it is the control panel for the door. Someone put it on lock and your friend didn’t know to look there.

Have someone use a heavy duty extension cord and plug the cord to the garage door opener into a known wall plug that is working - could be shorted or bad wall pug where the motor is plugged into right above the motor. Good Luck

Bad GFCI
 

Now that you have tried all other options, run an extension cord from the garage opener to another outlet, and see if it works.

As the garage opener is tied to one specific outlet, that outlet may have a red light on letting you know that it's bad. I ended up having to have that outlet replaced.

Good luck.

I had to have 2 breakers replaced in my new home in The Villages. Also when the electrician came out he told me you have to push the breakers to the right and snap them back.

If you know the breaker number even thou the breaker doesn't show the flag turn it off then back on and see if that works.

No Power to garage door
 

I've had this problem a couple of times. The first place to look is the GFI outlets in the garage. I know you checked, but do it again. One of mine was somewhat hidden. Be certain the green lights are on the outlets. Second was a loose wire in the outlet that controlled the openers. It was intermittent. When I pressed a plug into the outlet, it would affect that connection. Good luck.

Get these testers
 

Lots of references to checking for voltage or 'get a meter'. To most people this is effectively meaningless.

What you need is either a non-contact voltage detector,

Here: https://www.amazon.com/Klein-Tools-N...voltage+tester


OR

A circuit tester here: https://www.amazon.com/Sperry-Instru...=outlet+tester

Better yet, both

Here: https://www.amazon.com/KLEIN-TOOLS-N...=outlet+tester

I have only linked good brands above, there are cheaper brands available. These tools are small and well worth having.

Edit to add: For those who don't bother clicking on the links, these are less than 8.00 to as much as a whopping 23.00. They will pay for themselves many times over for this sort of occasion

There is a reset button on each garage door unit.

Never though of that. Could their be a fuse in the opener too? I do not think I have one but I could.

It could be another GFI between the ones you checked and your mains if there is more on that circuit.. Doesnt make much sense that both went down, has to be in the circuit between the motors and your mains..

Interesting, of the 25 posts:
3 said check the beam
7 said check the breaker
8 said check the GFI
4 said check the control panel switch
2 said use an extension cord.
Does anybody ever read previous posts?:duck:

yeah, but who's countin'...

Add one more who said get the proper tool to diagnose the problem.

Get a new Chamberlain if you can. Rechargeable battery. No one else will have the same programable button.

Duct tape. If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

Call Ryan at 352-207-5668. He'll fix it in about 5 minutes.

Well after all this SAGE advise what was wrong with the door?

Interesting enough the door started working fine right after paying the electric bill.

It was probably locked out at the inside controls by the house entry door as suggested

Still waiting for answer.
 

Has anybody else noticed that the OPs never admit what's wrong. Everybody tried to help but you never know for sure. Still waiting for the OPs answer.

Would you admit you were at the wrong house???

A new one
 

So if all those previous ideas didn’t fix it, here’s what happened to us last year.

We returned after dinner one night to have no power to the garage door. We tried the breaker, GFI, etc, with no success so we called an electrician. Turns out that the lamp post next to the driveway was wired to the same circuit as the garage door. Over the years, there had been some settling in the ground around the lamp post and the wiring to the lamp had broke and shorted. He disconnected the lamp post from the circuit until it could be dug out and reconnected.

Yes, you may have locked down the doors. Check the little toggle switch at the bottom of your wall pad!

Good idea. My opener has the ability to lock the door so a transmitter can not open it. Never did it but I think it is done by pushing a button on the wall opener and would be very easy to accidently push it on your way out and not be able to get back in.

If you push it on the way out, you won't be able to close the door with your remote.