Here's the deal: I got home from work yesterday and the remote door opener in my car wouldn't open the garage door so I figured the power must be out since it had been raining/wind all day. So I went inside and saw a clock blinking which meant it had gone out at some point. So I went to garage and sure enough the garage door opener was off you couldn't open it from the wall panel or anything so I went down to the circuit breaker box and saw that something had tripped that fuse to the garage door so I switched back on and it opened and Drove the car in, and closed it no problem, but now this morning I realize the light doesn't come on when it opens, did something during this power outage cause the light to blow? Whats going on? Thanks.
mikeamadison@sbcglobal.net2010-03-20T00:24:19Z
The bulb might be bad but since it probably was not lit when the power outage/surge the defect might be on the circuit board. If just the solder trace is gone it might be repairable but newer openers time the light electronically. Perhaps the light was out before the storm. Bulb sockets on Chamberlain openers fail all the time. Try unplugging the opener and clean the metal contacts inside the socket. Without knowing the make, model, and age I cannot go much further. Email me if you want.
By law the opener is required to be the only thing on the circuit. Sounds like something else, not the opener, tripped the circuit breaker and possibly blew the light bulb. You might want to get that off the circuit so you can reliably open your door and be compliant with the law.
1) pull the plug on the door opener 2) remove the light bulb 3) test the bulb in a lamp in the house ; plug it in first 4) If it's burned out, put a new bulb in the door opener 4) if that one doesn't light up, remove it 6) unplug the door opener again 7) take a screw driver and bend the two tabs or terminals in the socket, One in the bottom and one on the side wall of the socket 8) put the bulb back in. It should light up.