Thursday, January 14, 2016



Wayne Dalton Garage Door Openers:
Wayne Dalton is no longer in the garage door operator business. That means they no longer make or sell new garage door operators, nor any parts for existing operators, nor do they make or sell any remote control devices for existing machines. (Wayne Dalton still does make garage doors, so no worries there.)
Wayne Dalton put their name on a couple of garage door operators (gdo) that were actually made by someone else. In my first blog post I explained about the Wayne Dalton gdo that was actually made by Challenger, so refer to that post for details.
Wayne Dalton Wireless Wall Station 297136
Then Wayne Dalton put their name on some Chamberlain/Liftmaster gdo's for awhile.

Wayne Dalton (WD) then made their own brand of gdo until a few years ago, when they got completely out of the gdo business. First they made a system with several different models that operated on 303 Mhz, Then, probably because of potential radio frequency interference issues at that frequency, they changed over to 372 Mhz, for the last few years they made gdo's.  You may notice I don't have specific dates for any of this. I could probably research and maybe come with some, but since Wayne Dalton is no longer in the gdo business, they also do not provide any information nor support, so they got as far away from the gdo business as they could. If you call WD and ask about any aspect of gdo's, you will not get muchin the way of help, and certainly NO product.

All is not totally lost, however. Another gdo company saw an opportunity to fill a gap, and bought the rights to produce WD remote devices, and WD safety sensors only. I won't name them because I think they do not associate themselves openly with an ex-competitor. The products they do build and sell are very good quality, so no worry there. The only problem sellers have is getting enough product from them to satisfy demand. That usually means customers have to search to find someone who sells WD remotes, and then often endure a fairly long wait time to receive the product. It is what it is. If you have a WD machine, and need remotes, call the good folks at Garage Door Supply Company at 888-346-3173, or visit them at www.garagedoorsupplyco.com for assistance in ordering.

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