On Jan 5, 9:21*pm, Kevin Ricks wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:
Kevin Ricks wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:

wrote:

It is about 60F in the garage. *The CFL bulbs in the outdoor fixtures
work fine. *They are a little slow to fully light, but the garage door
opener doesn't light at all.

Hi,
My guess is the light socket in the opener is contolled by a solid state
relay rather than electro mechanical relay. Then it won't light for
sure. For one thing SS relay needs certain amount(Watts) of minimum
load to activate.

If he has a mechanical relay, it will make a click sound when the
light goes on or off. *If electronic you won't hear anything.
Press the light button on the wall switch if it has one. Or wait for
the *light to go off and listen for the click sound.
As others have said, it's probably that the shape of the CFL base is
too bulky and will not properly seat in the socket. I have had this
problem with other CFL's and table lamp sockets especially with the
3-way CFL bulbs.
Kevin
Hmmm,
Sealed relay hardly makes loud enough click sound to be noticed while
door is going up making louder noise......

That's why I said use the light button on the openers wall switch or
wait for the light to go off on it's own which should be 3-5 min. after
the door stops moving.
I can hear the light relay on my opener click from anywhere in my
garage - 2 year old Genie ProMax

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Same with mine