Garage Door Requires Buttom Hold Down To Close

Can you hold the button down to make the door go down.

Garage door requires buttom hold down to close.

When the door is up the sensor lights are off. If i just press and release the button the door starts to close then reverses. Tuesday june 26 2018 you are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning.

The problem starts when you hit the button to close it and the door starts to close. My garage door will open by just pressing the button once but to close it i have to hold in the button until it fully closes. Check that you re using it within the range required for your opener. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked.

But seems to be unable to close all the way. Yes there is a problem with the photoelectric eyes. If i let go of the bottom the door stops. It is a craftsman.

Does anyone know how to fix this. Why do i have to hold down the button to close the garage door. I have to hold down the bottom in the garage to bring the door down. I ve made sure there are no obstacles and that the sensors are aligned properly.

When you pressed the button did the opener lights blink at you. The photo eye components consist of two pieces that align face to face across each side of the garage door roughly four feet above the ground. My garage door will not close unless i hold the button down. The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature.

After i hold the button down to close it the sensor lights come back on. The wall button and remote work fine for opening door but i have to hold down the wall button to close it.