Trouble With Garage Door Binding And Reversing

Usually this is a sure sign that there is an issue with the garage door s photo eye system.

Trouble with garage door binding and reversing.

Requiring garage door operators to be equipped with a secondary reversing system which most operators have in the form of photo eyes. If the garage door only travels down an inch or so before reversing something is probably blocking the beam between the two safety sensors at the bottom of the rails or the sensors aren t aligned. Watch our safety sensor troubleshoot video to determine whether the sensors work. Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a.

This is a problem that will require you or a service person to replace it. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. If the circuit breaker or gfci is tripping repeatedly it s a sign that there is a short circuit somewhere in the system possibly even the garage door opener itself. You push the button to close the garage door.

In 1993 a law was passed in the u s. Replace them if they re broken. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor has burned out and isn t operating at all.

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.