If your sommer direct drive garage door opener is not working and will not open or close check out this video for a repair that may fix your issue without spending money on replacement parts.
Sommer garage door opener issues.
The garage door opener motor is located at the door instead of the back of the garage door opener.
Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor.
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This is related to the up limit switch.
The sommer garage door opener is extremely durable and long lasting due to only one moving part.
So when the garage door on my back garage finally failed this spring i had a nice shinny new door hung by an installer and bought another sommer door opener like the one i have on the main garage.
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.
The opener is mounted to the ceiling structure 5 and to the header lintel 6 over the garage door opening.
As with many such problems the most common problem is the simplest one the motor unit has been unplugged.
The opener is controlled via a transmitter 2 or a wall station 3.
A car riage 7 which is attached to the door 8 by a door arm 9.
Please ask your qualified dealer or sommer usa for further advice.
It s also possible that the circuit breaker fuse or gfci outlet powering the door opener circuit has tripped or burned.
T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener.
Sommer twist ug original garage door opener troubleshooting photo eye detects an obstacle soft stop with reversion remove object from the door running path check the function of the safety device replace defective photo eye interrupted safety device.
Update 1 5 2016 i really did purchase another sommer garage door opener for my second garage in april of 2013.
Sommer direct drive 1042v004 review the 3 4 hp sommer direct drive is powered by a motor that unlike those on most garage openers moves along the rail with only one moving part.
I called sommer and apparently only the latest version of the homelink software will drive 310 mhz garage door openers which is the frequency used by the sommers.
