Logic boards are an internal board that controls all the functions of the garage door opener. They are found in most all electronic appliances. Manufactures are discontinuing their logic boards for older models more and more as time goes on.

When logic boards burn out 90% of the time it is from electrical surges to the opener unit. These units are designed to always be plugged in and have constant power at all times. One big mistake homeowners make is plugging unit into an outlet that is always being turned on and off like a light switch or a power strip that is turned on and off only when needed. Or power outages can have the same effect.

plug your opener

Most manufacturers suggest that you plug your opener into a surge protector to eliminate this from happening. And you can get one at any grocery, drug or electronic retailer for about 10-15 dollars. Try to find a small surge protector about the size of the electrical outlet. Surge protectors that are a strip of plugs can be difficult to deal with for this application.

replacing logic boards

When it comes to replacing logic boards I never warranty them unless the homeowner has a surge protector of some kind. I have changed logic boards and had to go back a week later because customer did not take my advice about having unit surge protected.

As far as cost to replace logic boards will vary from opener to opener and so as a range of cost would be from $150-200 dollars. That should include the labor to install board and should not take any more than 20-30 minutes to replace.

Spending any more than 200 dollars you might as well replace the whole unit. Depending on the make and model.