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.

Garage door opener have to hold button down.

Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done. I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old. To open my garage door i have to hold down the button on my wall until the door is at least halfway up.

A small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system. 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. Door starts down then stops before it is closed.

You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing. They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. 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. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously. Any transmitter like a handheld clicker or outdoor keypad will also not work to close the door if there is a problem with the sensor. If it did then a sensor failure would cause the door to work anyway creating a safety issue.

Having to hold down the button is a classic something has interrupted the beam symptom. One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction. If i lift my finger off the button before that point the door will stop and then i have to.