Sommer Garage Door Opener Won T Close

T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener.

Sommer garage door opener won t close. Strong and quiet garage door opener technology. The s 9060 base is a garage door opener system fitted with a radio receiver. The sommer garage door opener is extremely durable and long lasting due to only one moving part. Open and close door manually.

Then within 30 seconds hold the button on your remote for three seconds or until garage door opener s lights flash or the led light on your opener blinks. If it isn t it could get in the way of the electronic beam and prevent the garage door from closing because the cardboard tube is breaking the beam. Put a tube on the electric eye on each side of the garage door one side for mornings the other side for evenings 5 make sure the tube is extending straight out from the electric eye. It can be used on several types of doors including swinging door sectional door up and over door as well as hinged double door and roller door.

If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step. This is of course a safety feature to prevent the heavy garage door crushing anyone or anything that might be in the pathway of the door when it comes down. Try making small adjustments. Try using your remote to open or close your door to determine if the reprogramming was successful.

It s important to get this switch at just the right distance from the motor so that the door is able to close all the way but the motor also knows to stop running. A properly balanced door will hold itself halfway open while being supported entirely by its springs. The garage door opener motor is located at the door instead of the back of the garage door opener. Close the door and use emergency release knob to disconnect trolley.

This is related to the up limit switch. Door may be out of balance or springs are broken. Sommer s 9060 base garage door opener troubleshooting.