Garage Door Auto Reverse Not Working

Garage door reverses before hitting the floor.

Garage door auto reverse not working. Two possible problems can lead to a garage door reversing before it even touches the floor. Garage door openers have an adjustment screw that controls the closing force the pressure with which a door is allowed to descend before the motor switches off when the door reverses before it even hits the floor this is often because the close force. Our inspectors use a 1 1 2 block to test the auto reverse save your cat test the door yourself. Then with the door disengaged from the automatic opener fold the new weather stripping into a u shape and slide it into the channel at the bottom of your garage door.

Now it will not go more than a few inches down before it reverses the travel is correct and so is the. In approximately half of my inspections the automatic garage door opener does not auto reverse when met with resistance. This is real safety hazard. Hey donald a professional would need to look at your door to diagnose the exact problem.

To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor. Testing it costs nothing only takes a moment to complete and helps to ensure the overall safety and health of your automatic garage door opener system. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. In 1982 ansi created a voluntary industry standard ansi ul 325 1982 which requires automatic reversing mechanisms on garage door openers sold in the us.

If the opener will not automatically activate the door due to an issue with the safety reverse sensor simply press and hold the door control button to close the door. If you ve tested your garage door opener s auto reverse and found it requires too much force for the door to reverse or it doesn t reverse at all you can adjust the settings on the garage door opener controls. Injuries from garage doors account for about 20 000 er visits every year and 60 children have been killed since 1982 from garage doors that did not auto reverse when met with contact. I have a garage door opener craftsman 139 53675srt1 which has been working fine for 10 years.