Merlin Garage Door Light Flashes 4 Times

Two possible problems can lead to a garage door reversing before it even touches the floor.

Merlin garage door light flashes 4 times.

What does it mean when the led indicator light on the back of the opener blinks 4 times. If your garage door opener light is continually flashing there s probably a problem with your safety sensor. The sensor eyes are misaligned for a short period. Realign receiving eye sensor clean lens and secure brackets.

Verify door track is firmly secured to wall and does not move. If you follow these easy steps you should be able to get your garage door opener working in no time. The led functions as a diagnostic indicator by slowly flashing a failure code continually every eight seconds until the fault is corrected the garage door opener is reset or the necessary parts are replaced. This most likely indicates that the garage door sensors are out of alignment or there is something in the way of the sensors.

To fix this issue first locate the two photo eyes attached to your garage door and clean the lens using a soft microfiber cloth. On the second try it usually closes. Garage door openers made after 1993 are equipped with sensors positioned on both sides of the vertical rails. The light from the opener blinks 10 times to warn you about misaligned photo eyes.

4 light flashes problem. On the other hand if you still can t get it to work you may need to call a professional or invest in a new system. On the garage door opener pictured below the led light is between the square purple smart button and the purple antenna wire. Another symptom which may or may not be related is that sometimes when the door starts to close it gets about half way down and then goes up again.

Perhaps the most common issue for many homeowners if the safety sensors are not properly aligned the light will blink 10 times. Garage door openers have an adjustment screw that controls the closing force the pressure with which a door is allowed to descend before the motor switches off when the door reverses before it even hits the floor this is often because the close force. The number of times it flashes tells you exactly what the problem is. If motor unit activates replace door control wires.

Garage door reverses before hitting the floor.