If you have lost your garage door remote controlled hand held transmitters don’t run to the supplier for a replacement. First, check out the prices of replacement universal garage door remote kits that are available on the market today. They kits will generally fit to most garage door openers.
They can also be connected to an existing garage door opener that currently has no remote control facility.
You may find that replacement kits for the garage door openers are more economical than purchasing new hand held transmitters from the original manufacturer. Some manufacturers may charge you a premium for the additional transmitters. If on the other hand you just need some additional transmitters it is still economical to purchase the universal kits as the old transmitters will also work with the new receiver.
A typical universal kit will be supplied with the remote control receiver, 2 handheld transmitters and a power supply unit for the receiver and they typically cost around $100.
Installation
Most electrically operated garage doors have a wall mounted switch to open and close the door. If the existing power supply form the switch to the door opener is a low voltage kind then you are able to install a replacement or new kit.
Fitting a new garage door opener remote control kit is simple. Installation usually involves connecting a control wire form the new receiver into the existing door operating switch. The receiver is then connected to a power supply via a standard power socket and you are ready to go.
Cloning
If you still have in your possession the existing hand held transmitters, but just require additional garage door remotes, then a new cloned unit might do the job. Some suppliers of the universal kits also supply transmitters that can duplicate your existing transmitters. They are again less expensive than purchasing another hand held from the original manufacturer.
Garage door remote controls, when transmitting, send a code to the receiver and the cloned unit will copy that code and store it in the memory of the unit. When the now duplicated transmitter transmits, it will send the stored code to the receiver to operate the door. However cloning is only possible with transmitters that send the same code every time the button is pressed. It will not work with transmitters that send a different code each time the button of the transmitter is pressed.
Conclusion
It is therefore, worthwhile to check out the suppliers of replacement kits for remote garage doors and cloned remote garage door openers hand held units before contacting the manufacturers of the existing equipment.