Garage Door Opener Does Not Close Consistently

If your garage door won t close all the way the problem could be due to a blocked photo eye.

Garage door opener does not close consistently. As soon as you buy a new garage door it can close but immediately opens instead of staying closed. Radio interference from other devices such as photoelectric sensors for security lights can prevent the garage door opener from responding to the signal from the remote. The limit set on the garage door defines how far the door needs to move to close entirely. I can understand wanting the garage door opener to work correctly all the time.

Test after each adjustment. You can usually realign it by loosening a knob or. Continue adjusting until the door opens and closes satisfactorily. The craftsman garage door opener shown here has two set screws that control door travel.

In such a case you should check the limit settings of your garage door opener. Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all. If you can hold the wall control button down until the door is closed then it is the optic sensors either not having a solid light on the side of each sensor or the sensor wiring from the sensors to the control could be broken or damaged. First check the sensor lights.

This is one of the sensors. Led lightbulbs are great but they may cause your garage door openers to stop working. The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature. 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.

Adjust in small increments a half turn or less. If one of them is off or blinking it means the invisible beam that tells the opener that the way is clear for the door to close isn t aligned. That means it will open right away after closing if not set correctly. To test trigger the remote while standing close to the motor unit if the door opens consistently from that close distance interference is likely the problem.

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