A million videos out there and none seemed to touch on this issue. Had the same exact thing happen. Crazy thunderstorm, lost electric, now my button is blinking exactly the same way. Well at least I know I just need a new switch. Thanks for saving me time and money!
I have Liftmaster and all the symptoms were exactly the same - the wall mounted switch kept on blinking irrespective of any steps taken. Simple steps provided in the video helped me to replace the switch in about 10 minutes. Thank you "Tufdog's Place" for this quick and useful video...!
My new chamberlain unit not even a month old the switch malfunctioned and I’m guessing it’s because a circuit breaker tripped or a slight variation in voltage or maybe even because my contractor snipped a little too much and bare wire was touching the circuit board. The thing is mine wasn’t flashing but would come on once in a while but tonight it began to flash like yours and I just pressed the button and it has stayed solid since and is working. Chamberlain is sending me a new switch free as It can’t be wiring since it’s all new but I ordered one that has motion sensing for the lights off Amazon and hope it works.
Thank you for this video. I couldn’t find a one that I have the issue with until I saw yours. It seems my one is older than year. I am going to order one on Amazon. Thank you again!
Thanks for making this video. Same thing just happened at my house. My switch blinks the same way. Power went out recently during a storm. Funny thing is an identical switch is right next to the bad one, and seemed to have survived.
Thunderstorms do cause jam inside the circuit board of any electronics, including the garage control board. When you unplug the power and plug it back you are resetting the board and bring it back away from jam. This is like pressing the reset button.
I guess those openers got a little smarter since I installed them a few years ago. The switches still had the lights in them, and a button to lock out the remotes and turn the light on, but still a quick jump of the wires would always make the opener run. I've seen quite a few openers with bad circuit boards and bad safety sensors after a lightning storm, never a switch tho.
THANK YOU! Ours just went bad out of no where. Hope I can find a new one at one of the big hardware stores. Simple fix. Glad I finally found your video!
I hope you find it. I don't know if they are all interchangeable or not. You may want to contact the manufacture... Best luck to you, Thanks for commenting
I had the same exact problem and wondered if a new switch would do it …after i tried to bypass it and nada happened .. i had an electical surge from the Edison folk …i guess thats a good substitute for lightning
You proved to him twice the wiring was OK. I think there is too much technology. It should just be a switch with contacts like the old ones. Good for you.
You know I installed two of these doors I tried to add some old garage door opener wall switches right next to the door so when I step outside all I have to do is reach in and touch the button to close them. But since the switches don't have the circuit boards in them they would not work with this system. So I had to buy a Chamberlain battery-operated remote that can open two different doors and mounted it on that little piece of wall in between the 2 Doors. It's bullshit
Who doesn't know what they're talking about ? You obviously don't realize He was talking about an older unit, not a new one. & yes, he did know what he was saying...
Strange. Most systems if they go down press reset or unplug them. However some system have extra features. Some even build same units with feature less functions however the features are there. You just found out yours had one that you didn't know it had.... A light button... Well some have a Vacation Feature as well. Most of the time they Blink like yours was. Then there is a button on a switch that would change back to normal and light would be steady... Most times this can be the difference between a Jobber model and deluxe. Only a Switch. You see yours has the Circuit board and some of that has to do with LEDS that is inside. However it also has to do with Resistance to the Controller. So say the light is caused by a Voltage drop that can be added by a 1k resistor most times that would be if you click it on it need s to be clicked off or cycle of the Garage door and resets back to normal operation. Then say you have the Switch that offered the Vacation mode. This mode also turns off your Code Hopping remotes you might have in your Homelink in your Chevy or Honda if you had the option or even some come with a Remote control that you can hang on your visor. These in vacation mode are turned off only way to make it work would be a button that your system didn't really have....So once the new button came it acts like the real button and caused the Vacation mode to be turned off.. So this is a guess. While I know some of the ideas behind. I am not saying your system light is caused by a 1k that is as if it was... There is something that you could test to figure this out... However I am not going into that.... Good they sent you a nice feature rich switch...
You might be onto something there, any way the switch went bad. & Yep I'm still at it, when I have time and something worth sharing. Good of you to mention that,Thanks... I appreciate it
That must have been an idiot that you talked to because your opener is security plus 2.0 which means flicking two writes together won’t work anymore you have to have a security plus 2.0 wall button on it.
@@TufdogsPlace Oh maybe I got confused with another garage door opener video I watched before yours. Thanks for uploading (long time ago lol) because mine uses the same kind of doorbell style button.
This is so funny last week we had a bad storm for 4 days and this exact thing happened.. so ill call chamberlin, but its been 7ys. Or just buy another switch thanks for doing this video
@TufdogsPlace yes thanks so much for creating the video, i will call momday....after all these years your still the only one to me that explain the reason..
@@mspleasant74 Thank you for saying,... Well I made this video years ago, & my opener no longer works, and I have been ill and not able to properly diagnose it. . so we are doing with out the luxury... Best to you !
@@mspleasant74 IDK. My health is bad and it really isn't an issue anymore, Haven't really thought about it, probably not. May try to fix this one some day, I think it's just the safety eyes out of alignment...
I hope you found something useful in the video. My videos are directed to my subscribed audience who seem to like my method of story telling as well as getting things done. Thanks for commenting though...
the reason ur button quit working, is during the storm, lightning either hit the house, close to it, or the powerlines, and caused the brain board on the button to fry
I'm really pleased with the way they handled this, Their tops in my book. & I agree with you about my luck on this one too. Thanks for checking it out and commenting... Cheers
Don't go buy a generic wall switch the says it will work on all openers. Because wherever I have lived I always add a second switch right next to the door itself so I can reach you in push the button and have it close. So I don't have to punch the numbers into the keypad and every time I want to close it. It won't work they put something inside of that opener the keeps it from working with any other remotes or wall switches
Sorry, I should said, The new switch came with new wires, I had to run them up the wall & over the rafters to the motor. Good catch & thanks for bringing it to my attention...
Yeah, I was actually impressed with the level of customer service they provided too. I wasn't rushed, & he gave me all the the time I needed to do the tests he suggested. Kudos to them for that. Thanks Roger
What's your hurry dude ? all good video's have a small side story, that's the nature of TH-cam. Of coarse you wouldn't know anything about that cuz you haven't made any videos , Have you ?
A million videos out there and none seemed to touch on this issue. Had the same exact thing happen. Crazy thunderstorm, lost electric, now my button is blinking exactly the same way. Well at least I know I just need a new switch. Thanks for saving me time and money!
I'm Happy you found this as I'm Glad to help, ...Thanks for saying... best luck with yours. Cheers
I have Liftmaster and all the symptoms were exactly the same - the wall mounted switch kept on blinking irrespective of any steps taken. Simple steps provided in the video helped me to replace the switch in about 10 minutes. Thank you "Tufdog's Place" for this quick and useful video...!
Thank you for sharing, & I'm Glad this helped...
Hi, 66yr woman here who just followed your instructions... and boom all fixed😂 thanks
That is awesome, So glad you shared this . Glad it helped...
Same thing happened to me. Newer opener but no one ever told me about the sync. Thank you so much!
I'm sorry you had to go through that, But I'm Glad you found some help in my video.
Thank you for saying, I appreciatehearing that.
My new chamberlain unit not even a month old the switch malfunctioned and I’m guessing it’s because a circuit breaker tripped or a slight variation in voltage or maybe even because my contractor snipped a little too much and bare wire was touching the circuit board. The thing is mine wasn’t flashing but would come on once in a while but tonight it began to flash like yours and I just pressed the button and it has stayed solid since and is working. Chamberlain is sending me a new switch free as It can’t be wiring since it’s all new but I ordered one that has motion sensing for the lights off Amazon and hope it works.
I hope that works for you as well, Thanks for sharing...
thanks bud, a button fixed mine too. no prograhming ether just screwed the new switch on and blamo all better
Thanks for saying & Glad that it helped. I appreciate hearing that from folks when it happens...
You got to be the luckiest man alive. I've never had an over the phone tech fix anything in my life. Good work sticking to it like you did.
I was surprised at the level of service he provided. A pleasure to do business with folks like that. Thanks So Much Terry !!!
Great video, he is absolutely right. Quick fix, l purchase the Lift Master push bottom control Model 883LMW and problem solved. It works perfectly.
That's great, glad to hear it worked out for you. Thanks for sharing...
Thank you for this video. I couldn’t find a one that I have the issue with until I saw yours.
It seems my one is older than year. I am going to order one on Amazon. Thank you again!
Glad to help, thanks for saying and good luck
Mine’s been doing the blinking since I got it. I’m gonna try to get a new wall control and see if that solves the issue
Yep, can't hurt to try, worked for me. Good luck & let us know. Thanks
Worked like a charm!!
Thanks a lot for this video. Much appreciated!
That's great ! I'm glad you took time to share that with us, Thank you for that...
Thanks for making this video. Same thing just happened at my house. My switch blinks the same way. Power went out recently during a storm. Funny thing is an identical switch is right next to the bad one, and seemed to have survived.
That's odd isn't it ? Electricity is a funny thing, you never know what' it's going to do...
Thanks for commenting and sharing...Cheers
Your video helped me solve my problem😊
That's great, I'm glad that it helped and that you told me, Thanks for that...
Thank you for your video. I was able to change my opener in less than 10 mins. And, I got an upgrade also!
That's awesome, Glad to hear it. Tanks for sharing. What kind of upgrade did you get ?
@@TufdogsPlace the same one you did. Seems like the model I had is discontinued.
@@studyingthewordtogether I see, ok, that's great then. Thanks again
Thunderstorms do cause jam inside the circuit board of any electronics, including the garage control board. When you unplug the power and plug it back you are resetting the board and bring it back away from jam. This is like pressing the reset button.
Thanks for sharing that, I appreciate it...
I had a storm tonight and had this happen. Crazy thing is, we have 2 doors. 1 switch went out the other didnt
Yeah, That's seems odd, but electricity can be a funny thing...
I guess those openers got a little smarter since I installed them a few years ago. The switches still had the lights in them, and a button to lock out the remotes and turn the light on, but still a quick jump of the wires would always make the opener run. I've seen quite a few openers with bad circuit boards and bad safety sensors after a lightning storm, never a switch tho.
Yeah, They have really made it over complicated. Thanks Tom
I'll figure it out a good way to lock remotes when I go on vacation. I just turn the the breaker off to the garage door.
THANK YOU! Ours just went bad out of no where. Hope I can find a new one at one of the big hardware stores. Simple fix. Glad I finally found your video!
I hope you find it. I don't know if they are all interchangeable or not. You may want to contact the manufacture... Best luck to you, Thanks for commenting
I had the same exact problem and wondered if a new switch would do it …after i tried to bypass it and nada happened .. i had an electical surge from the Edison folk …i guess thats a good substitute for lightning
Yeah , I think that'd do it. Thanks for sharing
You proved to him twice the wiring was OK. I think there is too much technology. It should just be a switch with contacts like the old ones. Good for you.
I agree with you, Why the need for a circuit board in the switch ? Seems over done to me too.
Thanks Bruce
You know I installed two of these doors I tried to add some old garage door opener wall switches right next to the door so when I step outside all I have to do is reach in and touch the button to close them. But since the switches don't have the circuit boards in them they would not work with this system. So I had to buy a Chamberlain battery-operated remote that can open two different doors and mounted it on that little piece of wall in between the 2 Doors. It's bullshit
Thank you very helpful video will try that today
Best luck to you, Thanks for saying
Thank you for making this video!
Thank you, Hope it helped...
With the new operators you can’t just jump the wires anymore like the old ones. So he doesn’t know what he was talking about.
Who doesn't know what they're talking about ? You obviously don't realize He was talking about an older unit, not a new one. & yes, he did know what he was saying...
Thank you. Your diagnosis was correct. The same issues. The new button worked.
Thank you for letting me know, I appreciate that. Glad it helped...
Awesome dude! I have same issue. I`ll try the same fix.
Good deal, hope everytghing works out for you too. Thanks for saying
@@TufdogsPlace I got a Genie opener that doesn't use wires. Works fine now. I appreciate your help. Keep making videos!
@@buffalochips1323 That's cool, So I assume you upgraded to a new model eh ?
@@TufdogsPlace Yes a new door mount remote. I still have the original Liftmaster opener since it works fine with all the original remotes.
@@buffalochips1323 OK, That's cool . Thanks for sharing
I went into my garage this morning and my switch is blinking, We didnt have any electrical issues last night, it still works just blinking.
Well that's good & odd at the same time. Maybe you'll be ok. IDK. Mine was always doing something wonky. Best luck to you & thanks for sharing...
That's odd. There is more to that switch than a set of contacts and a bulb. Two wires and two functions. Open and light.
Not really, one power in, powers the lighted switch & door function when the contacts meet. That's all it does...
it could have been the lightning , those little circuit boards wont take a lot of voltage, I see you got the old Merc. out of it's resting place.
I was surprised that the switch went bad, but nothing else. Yeah the Cougar is waiting on that tire to be put back on. Maybe in the morning...
Thanks and best wishes to you and your cats.
Welcome & Thanks to you as well...
Strange. Most systems if they go down press reset or unplug them. However some system have extra features. Some even build same units with feature less functions however the features are there. You just found out yours had one that you didn't know it had.... A light button... Well some have a Vacation Feature as well. Most of the time they Blink like yours was. Then there is a button on a switch that would change back to normal and light would be steady... Most times this can be the difference between a Jobber model and deluxe. Only a Switch. You see yours has the Circuit board and some of that has to do with LEDS that is inside. However it also has to do with Resistance to the Controller. So say the light is caused by a Voltage drop that can be added by a 1k resistor most times that would be if you click it on it need s to be clicked off or cycle of the Garage door and resets back to normal operation. Then say you have the Switch that offered the Vacation mode. This mode also turns off your Code Hopping remotes you might have in your Homelink in your Chevy or Honda if you had the option or even some come with a Remote control that you can hang on your visor. These in vacation mode are turned off only way to make it work would be a button that your system didn't really have....So once the new button came it acts like the real button and caused the Vacation mode to be turned off.. So this is a guess. While I know some of the ideas behind. I am not saying your system light is caused by a 1k that is as if it was... There is something that you could test to figure this out... However I am not going into that.... Good they sent you a nice feature rich switch...
You seem quite knowledgeable about these things. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Thank you so much!
Welcome
EMP (electro magnetic pulse) de synchronization. ...lol, just a guess, good to see you still at after like six years running.
You might be onto something there, any way the switch went bad.
& Yep I'm still at it, when I have time and something worth sharing.
Good of you to mention that,Thanks... I appreciate it
That must have been an idiot that you talked to because your opener is security plus 2.0 which means flicking two writes together won’t work anymore you have to have a security plus 2.0 wall button on it.
It's been a while & I don't really recall all the details. but I do remember that they got me fixed up in the end. Thanks JD...
I used to work on door openers but that was odd.
Yeah, That was a bit different, Thanks Don
At 8:54 looks like black soot on the old button’s circuit board. Got fried by the lightning! ⚡️
I don't remember us having a storm back then. but it could have shrted out and that may have been the problem.. Thanks for commenting
@@TufdogsPlace Oh maybe I got confused with another garage door opener video I watched before yours. Thanks for uploading (long time ago lol) because mine uses the same kind of doorbell style button.
@@59phonebone ok, Good to know. Thanks for clarifying that. I didn't remember seeing any thing, but it's been a long while,
right on got it working and upgraded at the same time right on
Yeah Buddy, That's a win ~ win, right there, lol Thanks Drew
Falla correcta, yo tenia el mismo problema y solo lo reemplace como indico y ahora funciona correctamente
Eso es genial Luis, gracias por compartir eso con nosotros.
This is so funny last week we had a bad storm for 4 days and this exact thing happened.. so ill call chamberlin, but its been 7ys. Or just buy another switch thanks for doing this video
Id call them, ya never know , they might send ya one for free .. Best luck & let us know if they do. That would be cool to know. Thanks for saying ...
@TufdogsPlace yes thanks so much for creating the video, i will call momday....after all these years your still the only one to me that explain the reason..
@@mspleasant74 Thank you for saying,... Well I made this video years ago, & my opener no longer works, and I have been ill and not able to properly diagnose it. . so we are doing with out the luxury... Best to you !
@TufdogsPlace oh wow are you doing to get a newer one?
@@mspleasant74 IDK. My health is bad and it really isn't an issue anymore, Haven't really thought about it, probably not. May try to fix this one some day, I think it's just the safety eyes out of alignment...
The exact same thing happened to me
This chamberlain is going back w/ a $150 loss to a handyman
hey buddy mine did that what i did push the reset button on the garage opener mine is a red button
I did everything I could, Then I had to call. & it worked out fine.
Thanks for sharing
Try fixing the wall button again, if not, buy a new Chamberlain Certified wall control.
They sent a replacement switch & that fixed the problem..
Holy crap so much unnecessary talking and stories
I hope you found something useful in the video. My videos are directed to my subscribed audience who seem to like my method of story telling as well as getting things done.
Thanks for commenting though...
Did they make you send the old button back?
No, they did not. They were real easy to work with. Thanks for asking.
the reason ur button quit working, is during the storm, lightning either hit the house, close to it, or the powerlines, and caused the brain board on the button to fry
That makes sense, Thanks for saying... Cheers
Chamberlain is fantastic with customer service. And lightning does weird things. Lucky you didn't fry the control board, rpm sensor, safety sensors.
I'm really pleased with the way they handled this, Their tops in my book.
& I agree with you about my luck on this one too.
Thanks for checking it out and commenting... Cheers
Thank you ...Help me a lot!
I'm glad it helped. Thank you for saying.
I have a Chamberlain as well, good system .
Yeah it has really been great , up til this happened. It's working fine now though.
Thanks Robert
Don't go buy a generic wall switch the says it will work on all openers. Because wherever I have lived I always add a second switch right next to the door itself so I can reach you in push the button and have it close. So I don't have to punch the numbers into the keypad and every time I want to close it. It won't work they put something inside of that opener the keeps it from working with any other remotes or wall switches
Got love free upgrades !
Yes sir ! lol That was kind of cool...
The problem with editing 6:21 don’t show how to disconnect the wire 😡😡
Sorry, I should said, The new switch came with new wires, I had to run them up the wall & over the rafters to the motor.
Good catch & thanks for bringing it to my attention...
Great video man!
Thanks Marshall
You're welcome
well that was easy,took longer on hold then to fix it
Yeah, I was actually impressed with the level of customer service they provided too. I wasn't rushed, & he gave me all the the time I needed to do the tests he suggested. Kudos to them for that.
Thanks Roger
Thank you
Welcome, hope this helps...
Orange light flashing
Been a while since I messed with it, not sure what that means... Did you try their service line ?
TL;DR Bad Switch
Yepperz !
Thanks...😄
Welcome, hope it helped...
verry funny but usefull, thx.
Thank you for saying, I appreciate that...
Dude focus on the point of the video and not your goddamn porch for the love of god
What's your hurry dude ? all good video's have a small side story, that's the nature of TH-cam. Of coarse you wouldn't know anything about that cuz you haven't made any videos , Have you ?
Can you talk any slower 🙄. I don't have all day!!!
Are you kidding me ? Geez