Garage Door Opener Question



Question:
I just installed a garage door opener. Our garage does not have a "door" entrance from the house nor a separate entrance from the side. The only way in is through the garage door. Does anyone know if there is any way that the garage door opener could loose it's memory in any way such that the remotes would not work? Since we have no way to get the "manual" button inside the house, we installed it inside the garage. Now, I am worried that if the power goes out, the programming might be lost and we would not be able to get back into the garage. Does anyone know if these things have a memory? Does it need to be physically unplugged to loose the memory or will it always be there? Should we be looking at finding a way to get the manual push button outside of the garage? I don't think we can get it into the house very easily but if we have to do it, we will. Thanks for any advice.

Answer:
If your garage door opener is like our own, it isn't a memory as in a computer chip, it's something you can set in the remote and in the opener itself so it would not be lost in a power outage. You could be stuck outside of the garage in an outage, however, because you wouldn't be able to disengage the opener. If you are concerned about the remote's not working or getting lost, you can put a keypad on the outside to open the door but that only works as long as you have power.





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