I have a garage door that when i press the portable remote or the switch on the wall, it opens about 2 inches then stops. When i hold the switch on the wall i can open the garage door completely. The door closes just fine. I tried unplugging the unit for 10 minutes, but that didn't work. I tried cleaning the sensors, but that didn't work. Any ideas?
make sure your sensors are set correctly like red light and green light and the beam is going straight,hope this helps.
Replace the switch on the wall!
must be so common as oiling all the rollers. truly, you probably did state that the door finally opens. once I say oiling the rollers I’m no longer purely speaking with regard to the tracks, I advise the rollers themselves. purchase a can of sunshine oil that has an prolonged tube on the top. no longer unavoidably WD40 there are oil based oil applicators. Squeeze the oil between the shaft and curler itself you’ll be surprised.
Well, the remote is very important and no, they are not all the same. They differ greatly in terms of ease of use and range. It all depends on how far away you want to be from your door in order to open or close it. Furthermore, you will want a remote that has as few buttons as possible on it, to keep you from fumbling with it in the dark, trying to find the right button to open or close your door.
if you're sensors were out of line it would be just the opposite, the door would not close unless you were physically there pushing the button, telling the opener that there is nothing there to damage it that the sensor is reporting stop in error. Two things that might be happening is that your open limit setting might have gotten changed, but if it is opening to the correct limit when you hold the switch then that's not it. You will probably have to increase the UP force that the opener uses when raising the door. You will adjust your force by either turning a setting screw or by changing the program with the control buttons on the opener. I don't know how old your door is, but also check to make sure there is not a broken spring. A spring will also weaken with age resulting in more force needed to raise the door. Lube up your spring with wd40, and spray the rollers. Try raising your door half way up and have someone release the opener from it. If it is heavy and hard for you to lift, call a door company and have them re tension your spring. When I tension springs on a double wide door you would be able to raise and lower it with only a couple of fingers
