Garage door opener works with remote but not switch

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I have a 20-year-old Python Garage door opener. Worked fine.

I decided to add an additional "push-button" dry contact relay to the mix so I could operate it with my phone. After unplugging it, I hooked up the wires (22-guage stranded security wire) and tested it and it wouldn't operate.

After other tests, I tried shorting the two screws with a short wire. No joy.

The car (RF) remote works fine, so the safety sensors must be working.

I did this to an identical opener (I have three…) and it worked fine.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

OK, so I finally removed the "dry contact relay" wires, tested them for continuity, and reattached them in reverse. It all worked. My suspicion is that the "dry contact relays" have a "common common", meaning all the relays rely on a joint "common" (even though they all have a separate common terminal....) So, when I connected the relay reverse of how I connected the other garage door opener, I inadvertently ended up "shorting" the second garage door opener. Still not sure why it worked that way, but all's well that ends well, eh?