If you do not hear a click coming from the motor housing then the relay on the circuit board is bad.
Overhead garage door legacy sensors not working.
To help you troubleshoot your garage door issues here are the top 10 reasons your garage door won t work.
Opto interutor speed sensor wheel for an overhead door legacy model 696 and 496 garage door opener.
This may sound obvious but your garage door transmitters need power to work.
If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.
Look for small led lights on the sensors.
If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply.
For those who are unfamiliar with how garage door sensors work there are two sensors each positioned on a side.
An infrared light runs between two photo eyes.
The purpose of a photo eye sensor is to detect if anything is blocking the path of the garage door.
If the door does not close completely without hesitation.
A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply.
Photo eye sensors detect objects as well as people.
One of the sensors sends an infra red beam to the other sensor.
How garage door sensors work.
Cycle the garage door through the opening and closing actions using the control on the garage wall or the remote unit from a vehicle.
The circuit board on your garage door opener will have to be replaced if you want your light to function properly.
To troubleshoot this situation you can simply reset and reprogram the openers in just minutes from your garage.
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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.
If this is your situation.
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This opto wheel is for generation 3 legacy garage door openers.
Sometimes however remotes stop working and signals are lost.
If the batteries in your transmitter are dead the transmitter won t be able to send a signal to your garage door to open.
In the majority of cases a photo eye sensor will be installed on the garage door sensor.
Legacy garage doors allow you to program your motor to a variety of remotes allowing for wireless entry.
If not physically enter the garage and hit the switch that opens the door from the inside.