One of the best ways to protect you brand new garage door opener installation is to purchase a good quality surge protector and plug your automatic garage door opener into it.
Today’s overhead garage door openers are more sophisticated than ever before and with all the built in safety features required for UL listing the only way to accomplish this is with complex electronic components. Your new garage door opener has hi-tech electronic components similar to your computer or flat screen TV.
The drawback to high tech circuits versus the old style garage door opener electro mechanics is that they are highly susceptible to power surges, static electricity and lightning strikes. Even with built in surge protection circuitry your new garage door opener regardless of brand Liftmaster, Genie, Chamberlain, Linear, Overhead or Sears Craftsman can be easily damaged by a nearby lightning strike.
Even GFI circuitry isn’t adequate enough to protect your garage door opener and safety sensors from surge damage so the best thing you can do is purchase a name brand surge protector or whole house surge protection.
Your garage door opener costs on average between 300-450 which is well below most peoples insurance deductible and a decent quality surge protector is less than $30 well worth the potential cost of replacing or repairing your garage door opener.
Now here is the good news; if you install a surge protector on your new garage door opener and the protector fails to save your overhead door opener most name brands include a non-deductible insurance coverage that will actually reimburse you for repair or replacement of your automatic garage door opener. Having this secondary insurance coverage can save you from a homeowner’s policy claim and the potential of having your insurance premium increased.
