Garage Door Opener Have To Hold Button Down To Close

You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing.

Garage door opener have to hold button down to close.

The wall button and remote work fine for opening door but i have to hold down the wall button to close it. Wiggle the bracket the eyes are attached to maybe just it is loose or the slightest bit of movement may cause the light to blink. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down.

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 i just press and release the button the door starts to close then reverses. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. There is a problem with the photoelectric eyes.

Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Door starts down then stops before it is closed. I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old. When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes.

You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. Or door will only open. When button pushed as normal door starts to go down then reverses back to read more. Recently the wall switch that powers opening and closing is not lit and will not activate the opener.

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. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked. One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning.