A direct hit is not necessary for a lightning strike to damage household equipment.
Garage door opener not working after lightning strike.
One very vulnerable item is the electric garage door opener.
Signs to look for after a storm.
The power will surge from the ground through water and into electrical wiring.
The opener ofr the adjacent garage door still works fine.
When you try to activate it manually with the wall switch or the remote the light comes on and the motor clicks once but will not turn.
When a garage door opener is functioning as it should be then it opens the garage door consistently when directed to by a working remote.
Posted by kg6 on 1 25 16 at 1 35 pm to bigb0882 if all of your outlets in the garage are on the same ground fault circuit just check that first.
For this reason if your area recently received lightning and now your garage door opener is only working some of the time then its poor function may indicate that it has been damaged.
After a huge lightning strike one of the garage door openers will not work.
After a lightning storm there are three signs to look for to determine if a garage door opener was damaged by.
The opener acts haphazardly.
A direct hit is not necessary for a lightning strike to damage household equipment.
Garage door won t open after lightning strike.
It is getting power because the light turns on.