Garage Door Auto Reverse

To increase the amount of force turn it clockwise.

Garage door auto reverse. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. Home inspectors aim to protect their inspection clients and their clients families from potential perils by testing this safety feature. You can also call it the contact reversal test pressure test and performance test. The auto reverse test evaluates the pressure activated auto reverse function of a garage door.

Another method of testing the auto reverse is to set a 1 1 2 thick piece of wood on the floor in the center of the door s path. When the door contacts the wood it should automatically reverse and return to the open position. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. A garage door auto reverse is pretty much what it sounds like a system which forces the door to quickly reverse if it encounters an obstacle like your car your cat your chihauhua or your child.

If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. If the door does not reverse it needs attention immediately. You push the button to close the garage door.

You ve probably seen the mechanism in action but haven t given it much thought. The photo eyes send an infrared beam across the bottom of your garage door opening if that beam is broken the door will reverse. Re test the auto reverse function and repeat this process until your opener is properly adjusted. To decrease the amount of force required to reverse the direction of the garage door turn the knob or screw with a screwdriver counterclockwise one quarter.

Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor.