When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes.
Garage door will not go down unless i hold the button on the wall.
I happen to look out the window as i m walking downstairs to go outside to see karen standing on her tip toes taking pictures of my husband and dogs in the backyard.
It will not open at all with the remote other than engage and then stop and drop.
There is a relay called a latching relay that keeps the power on when you hit the button or press the remote.
To open my garage door i have to hold down the button on my wall until the door is at least halfway up.
The remote will only.
Door won t close unless i hold the wall button down.
Yes there is a problem with the photoelectric eyes.
On the switch pad located on the wall press and hold the pressure plate for a few seconds.
Sensors are green on one side red on the other and will blink when blocked.
My garage door will only open if i hold the button down most of the time it s opening until at least half way up.
When you pressed the button did the opener lights blink at you.
Step by step procedures to try if the garage door of your home will not go down without holding the button before calling a repair manwas this video helpful.
If the remotes will still open the door but it will only close if you hold the button down on the wall control continuously then you likely have an issue with the safety sensors.
I have a genie intellicode.
You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.
There is a safety sensor mounted near the floor on either side of the door these sensors have electronic eyes that have to see each other or the door control stops the garage door from closing.
Can you hold the button down to make the door go down.
This only works on certain electric models.
I had a nearly identical issue with a liftmaster garage door opener.
This relay is bad and that is why you have to hold the button.
If you ve tried everything listed above and your garage door still won t go down you can try to force it to close.
The door closes just fine both with the remote and the house button.
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The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door.
The remote control in my car will not work at all.