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Garage Door help
Posted on 1/8/20 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 1/8/20 at 12:53 pm
So we have been having an issue with our chamberlain garage door opener. It will open fine, but sometimes (it does not happen everytime, extremely intermittent) when it is closing it will just stop. It does not reverse, it simply stops and the lights flash once. If you hit the button again it continues closing. It happens are different heights, and sometimes it happens multiple times during the closing cycle, so you will have to hit the button 3-4 times to get it all the way down.
Everything I search online only shows results for if it stops and reverses, but as I said, mine just stops.
Everything I search online only shows results for if it stops and reverses, but as I said, mine just stops.
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 12:56 pm to dltigers3
if it senses resistance it stops thinking something is blocking it
check the wheels and tracks and everything that moves to see where its binding
if everything looks good it may just be the motor is getting weak and its time for a new one
check the wheels and tracks and everything that moves to see where its binding
if everything looks good it may just be the motor is getting weak and its time for a new one
Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:17 pm to keakar
Ok, I thought it would reverse if that was the case but maybe I'm wrong.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:35 pm to dltigers3
quote:I know it will reverse if the sensors are off or thinks something got in its way. Not sure if it would reverse based on resistance.
Ok, I thought it would reverse if that was the case but maybe I'm wrong.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 2:09 pm to dltigers3
one of ours was recently doing that, but when going up. I could see the joint in the tracks it was kind of getting hung up on. I sprayed the tracks and wheels real good with some silicone garage door spray stuff and it hasn't happened since.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 2:16 pm to gmrkr5
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sprayed the tracks and wheels real good with some silicone garage door spray stuff and it hasn't happened since.
I was going to suggest this.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:49 pm to Boudreaux35
one of my neighbors has same issue. A a certain time of the day the sun light was directly on that light sensor. He rigged up something using the core of a toilet paper roll
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:20 pm to CORIMA
So according to the Chamberlain website it is supposed to reverse if the resistance sensor or the laser sensor are activated. Since it isn't reversing I don't believe it is that. I'll try greasing the tracks and rollers and see if that helps
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:31 pm to dltigers3
I had a garage door that behaved like that. It was the kind with programmable upper and lower limits, not the kind with mechanical switches. I had to reprogram the lower limit.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:50 pm to dltigers3
Had a similar issue and kept thinking the limits were jacked up.
Turned out the capacitor was bad. Got worse over a few weeks.
Turned out the capacitor was bad. Got worse over a few weeks.
Posted on 1/9/20 at 6:42 am to Boudreaux35
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sprayed the tracks and wheels real good with some silicone garage door spray stuff and it hasn't happened since.
I just had to have a panel replaced. Just wanted to say the company recommended that everything be lubed up every 6 months. They had some fancy stuff they used but they said WD-40 works just as well.
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