Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then the
next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll give
us fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if they're
aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good amount of dust
and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

So what else should I try?

"trader-of-some-jacks" wrote in message
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Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then the
next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll give
us fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if they're
aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good amount of dust
and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

So what else should I try?

I had the same problem and even though the led was lit the door would still
go about halfway down and then back up. This was mostly during the daytime
and not at night. I did a careful reaiming of the electric eyes and the
door operates normally now.
Try moving the eyes slightly.

In article . net,
"Ralph Mowery" wrote:

I had the same problem and even though the led was lit the door would still
go about halfway down and then back up. This was mostly during the daytime
and not at night. I did a careful reaiming of the electric eyes and the
door operates normally now.
Try moving the eyes slightly.

Who knows? Like you, this problem occurs for me just in the daytime. I
bent the frame on one electric eye so it was way off, then realigned,
and the door went down perfectly. Let's hope that's all it was.

trader-of-some-jacks wrote:
Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then the
next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll give
us fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if they're
aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good amount of dust
and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

So what else should I try?


One possibility: Check to see if the sun is shining on the reciever
unit when it happens. You may have to shield the unit or even exchange
the two.

"trader-of-some-jacks" wrote in message
...
Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then the
next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll give
us fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if they're
aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good amount of dust
and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

So what else should I try?

I had a similar problem with our Sears opener. I think it was due to some
binding on th etracks due to heat expansion. I found a small screw used to
adjust the force that it moves with in the back of the unit. One-half turn
made a world of difference.

Sandy K.

trader-of-some-jacks wrote:

Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then the
next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll give
us fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if they're
aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good amount of dust
and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

So what else should I try?
My old Genie openers will reverse if too much friction is encountered.
It's trying to avoid squashing kids and pets but can't tell them
from dirty tracks.

Read the manual and adjust the downward force slightly.

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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"William W. Plummer" wrote in message
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trader-of-some-jacks wrote:

Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then the
next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll give us
fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if they're
aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good amount of dust
and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

So what else should I try?
My old Genie openers will reverse if too much friction is encountered.
It's trying to avoid squashing kids and pets but can't tell them from
dirty tracks.

trader-of-some-jacks wrote:
Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then
the next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll
give us fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if
they're aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good
amount of dust and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're
clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

So what else should I try?

It could be a force issue. First disconnect it from the opener and see
if it moves freely all the way up and down and will hold a position half way
open. If not you need the counter balance system (springs) adjusted. Don't
try that without knowing what you are doing or have 911 on your speed dial.

You may also need to adjust the sensitivity - force sensor/clutch.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Was it possible that the downward movement of the door was flexing the track
and moving the eye(s) slightly out of alignment during operation? Does the
eye touch or mount to the track?

RJ

"trader-of-some-jacks" wrote in message
...
In article . net,
"Ralph Mowery" wrote:

I had the same problem and even though the led was lit the door would
still
go about halfway down and then back up. This was mostly during the
daytime
and not at night. I did a careful reaiming of the electric eyes and the
door operates normally now.
Try moving the eyes slightly.

Who knows? Like you, this problem occurs for me just in the daytime. I
bent the frame on one electric eye so it was way off, then realigned,
and the door went down perfectly. Let's hope that's all it was.

In alt.home.repair on Wed, 25 May 2005 13:11:02 GMT
trader-of-some-jacks posted:

Our garage door has started reversing on the down cycle.

It does this sporadically. It can give us fits not going down, then the
next 25 times we need to lower it, it goes down great, then it'll give
us fits trying to get it down, and so on.

The electric eyes are aligned properly (an led glows steadily if they're
aligned, and blinks if they're not). I wiped away a good amount of dust
and pollen from the lenses and around them, so they're clean.

The door seems to go fine when I raise or lower it manually. If I go
fast or slow, I can move it all the way along the track with one hand
quite easily, never encountering any resistance or kinks.

It may be difficult to tell if there is resistance. You need to come
at if from the other direction and measure how much resistance is
needed to make the door reverse direction.

Get 6 children of various sizes. Arrange them from smallest to
largest. Starting with the largest, see how small the child has to be
to NOT cause the door to reverse. Note how far each child is pushed
towards the floor. Then post again.

So what else should I try?


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