Garage Door Opener Starts Then Reverses Direction

One for the opening limit and one for the closing limit.

Garage door opener starts then reverses direction.

Replace the garage door opener safety sensor the safety sensor has a pair photoelectric eyes at the base of the rails one eye emits an infrared beam and the other receives it. Requiring garage door operators to be equipped with a secondary reversing system which most operators have in the form of photo eyes. When the opener is activated the screw rotates causing the nut to move until it reaches the switch. When the opener reverses the screw turns the opposite way and the nut travels back.

One question some homeowners ask is why their garage door closes then immediately reverses to the open position. This happens from both the read more. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Usually this is a sure sign that there is an issue with the garage door s photo eye system.

If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch. There may be two nuts on one track. Test the sensor eyes by connecting them to short wires directly at the motor unit. This is almost always the result of a dirty.

By wade shaddy updated december 19 2018 you push the button to close the garage door. In 1993 a law was passed in the u s. If an object person or animal blocks the beam the closing door reverses direction.