What Could be Wrong With My Overhead Garage Door? It goes up fine when I press either the button on the...
It goes up fine when I press either the button on the garage wall or the remote within the car, but it won't go down at adjectives unless someone stands in the garage and holds the wall button down the entire time the door is going down. The remote doesn't work at all to return with the door to go down. I tried disconnecting the sensors, and that didn't help at adjectives. Any suggestions?
The best instrument to test the sensors is to cut the wires about 12" from the sensor and connect them directly to the power director. Keep in mind that on certain brands, polarity is central. Once you connect them to the powerhead, tape them together at the lens so that they are facing each other. If the door will close after this process, your sensors are still flawless and either they were lately no aligned or you have bad electrics (either cut or corroded). It needs re-reprogramed sounds like. On the wager on of the main box with the night light, is a RED button or a switch. This will need to be pushed in while someone else operate the remote control. There may be mote instructions on the back by the button on how to do it. Good Luck
About nine out of ten times when we encounter a door doing exactly what you've described it is a problem with the flimsy sensors. They are either not lined up properly or enjoy gone bad. First, you need to reconnect them and see if you can flash them up and get the door working - the light sensors MUST be connected and crinkly up for the door to function in the down direction.
Contrary to what some have stated, it most predictable has nothing to do beside the door's balancing (spring tensioning) or the opener's programming. Problems in these areas would explanation other issues that you do not seem to have. Also, holding the button down to go and get the door to close is just fine as long as the door isn't binding in any opening. That is actually one of the intended functions of the wall button - a sort of manual override.
If you cannot draw from the light sensors to work after being furrowed up, they have probably gone bad - usually cause by power surges or excessive moisture - and will need to be replaced.
Hope this helps!
Answers: Replace the sensors as they were before and check that they work.
Presumably the door is scantily balanced, so that the weight requires smaller number force or energy for openning than for closing. If so then it may be a comfort to reduce the amout of this weight until the motion contained by both directions needs about duplicate effort from the motor. Also check the mechanical joint for too much friction or resistance to this motion, at the same time as you look at the balancing. Lubricate next to grease, oil will run out.
Check that the motor is not overheating when at present the button is held down, to close the door. Possibly it has become moderately damaged and needs a fortune to dry out or more seriously to be replaced. If it has brushes, examine them for sparking and for wear and replace them.
Sounds as if your sensor/s became unaligned or one is fruitless.
I would not continue depressing the button like you hold stated. be sure that the sensors are aligned correctly. it is designed to not operate without them. The programming has lost its mojo. If you own the users manual check it. If not you usually can get the instructions on the Internet for the type you hold.