Overhead Garage Door Legacy Sensors Not Working

Opto interutor speed sensor wheel for an overhead door legacy model 696 and 496 garage door opener.

Overhead garage door legacy sensors not working.

In the majority of cases a photo eye sensor will be installed on the garage door sensor. To help you troubleshoot your garage door issues here are the top 10 reasons your garage door won t work. Photo eye sensors detect objects as well as people. If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.

Cycle the garage door through the opening and closing actions using the control on the garage wall or the remote unit from a vehicle. If you need an earlier style opto wheel please call our help desk to order. To troubleshoot this situation you can simply reset and reprogram the openers in just minutes from your garage. Sometimes however remotes stop working and signals are lost.

If you do not hear a click coming from the motor housing then the relay on the circuit board is bad. The clicking noise you are looking for is the sound that comes from the relay on the circuit board. The transmitter batteries are dead. If this is your situation.

This may sound obvious but your garage door transmitters need power to work. For those who are unfamiliar with how garage door sensors work there are two sensors each positioned on a side. The purpose of a photo eye sensor is to detect if anything is blocking the path of the garage door. If the batteries in your transmitter are dead the transmitter won t be able to send a signal to your garage door to open.

If your door opens with the switch then you have an issue with the sensor in your controller or the. Legacy garage doors allow you to program your motor to a variety of remotes allowing for wireless entry. If the door does not close completely without hesitation. How garage door sensors work.

Look for small led lights on the sensors. One of the sensors sends an infra red beam to the other sensor. If not physically enter the garage and hit the switch that opens the door from the inside. An infrared light runs between two photo eyes.

This opto wheel is for generation 3 legacy garage door openers. If any of these sensors should happen to get bumped or misaligned the infra red beam would be thrown off and the garage door won t go down. The circuit board on your garage door opener will have to be replaced if you want your light to function properly.