Garage Door Opener Have To Hold Button Down

If it did then a sensor failure would cause the door to work anyway creating a safety issue.

Garage door opener have to hold button down.

I have checked that there is power to the opener and that is not the problem however if i tap the underside of the opener motor with a stick the unit lights up and the. Until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. Door starts down then stops before it is closed.

One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction. A small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system. Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly. To open my garage door i have to hold down the button on my wall until the door is at least halfway up.

Simply disconnecting the sensors will not bypass this behavior. When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning. Recently the wall switch that powers opening and closing is not lit and will not activate the opener.

They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. If i lift my finger off the button before that point the door will stop and then i have to. You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing. I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old.

Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Having to hold down the button is a classic something has interrupted the beam symptom. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously.