can any one tell me how to fix this or what may be wrong. More often then not I am left sitting in my drive way clicking the remote to my garage door hoping on the next close that it will stay closed. For some reason when it hits the ground, it automatically reopens. i have checked the child saft sensors and their is nothing obstructing them. What might be wrong, hwo can i fix this?
This is a belt drive garage door opener. The doro and opener are about 6 moths old.
2007-04-20 03:03:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
When your garage door opens and closes there are two switches that it trips (one for when it opens and one for when it closes). These will normally be by the belt drive casing or near the railing at the sides. These can be adjusted forwards or backwards to control how far the door opens and how far it closes. What is probably causing your problem is that the switch that gets tripped when your garage door closes is too far forward allowing it to hit the ground before it trips the switch to stop the garage door. Garage doors have a pressure sensitive mechanism on them for safety reasons. If the door hits an object when it is closing it will stop and raise back up. This is so it won't crush a kid or a person if they happed to be under the garage door when it closes. Since your switch to stop the garage door is too far forward or possibly broken your garage door sensors think the door has hit an obstruction when it hits the ground and therefore it raises. If adjusting the trigger switch doesn't work, you might try adjusting the pressure it takes to send the garage door back up. It could possibly be too sensitive. That adjustment should be located on the garage door motor. Only adjust that AFTER you have already tried moving the trigger to stop the garage door when it closes.
2007-04-20 04:45:37 · answer #1 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Linear Garage Door Opener Troubleshooting
2016-09-30 07:47:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have the answer already, the only other thing I cold add, is to check the bottom of the garage door, is there anything that is stuck to it? If not, then like the rest said, adjust the stop limit higher and then start lowering it until the door stops in the proper position. Good luck
2007-04-20 04:23:53 · answer #3 · answered by Fordman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two censors that tell your door to reverse the photo eyes, and down force censor. If your problem is with the photo eyes the easiest way to tell is if the light bulb(s) blink on and off 10 times after it reverses. If not then your force censer my need to be adjusted or your opener is not stopping after it hits the floor. You can tell if it is by watching the opener and seeing if it keeps going after the door is all the way down. You adjust the down limit by small openings usually on the side of the opener with a small flat-head screwdriver. If it continues after all this it means you might have a broken part inside the opener.
2016-03-18 04:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are adjustment usually on the back of the opener. The door travel is set too far. So when it hits the floor it thinks theres an obstruction so it goes back up. Or if you have something on the bottom of the door interfering with the laser safety devices.
2007-04-20 03:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by DeereMan 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Deereman is right....the door is set to go further than the floor so it thinks it's hitting an object. adjust the settings to much higher and gradually set it to go lower till your satisfied with it
2007-04-20 03:18:31 · answer #6 · answered by predatorpio 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the light beam that tells the door that nothing is in the way could be dirty. Cob webs, dirt or a leaf could be boking it. If not then the pressure sensor is set wrong. Who ever installed it should come look at it.
2007-04-20 03:09:50 · answer #7 · answered by Alex 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋