My Garage Door Won T Close Without Holding Button

Yes there is a problem with the photoelectric eyes.

My garage door won t close without holding button.

When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes. When you pressed the button did the opener lights blink at you. Garage door does not close. If you ve checked the sensor eyes and alignment and the door still won t work properly the open and close limits could be to blame.

My wife had just come home. My tools are in the garage. They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. It was late in the evening.

It had worked just fine a few hours earlier. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move a small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system.

The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Leaving it open all night is not a.

The garage door did not want to close when she pressed the button on the remote. If your garage door won t close all the way the problem could be due to a blocked photo eye. The photo eye components consist of two pieces that align face to face across each side of the garage door roughly four feet above the ground.