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    keywestsigns Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 6, 2008, 12:26 PM
    Garage door will close but not open with wall switch
    Our garage door is a challenger photo sense model p1534. It will close with the wall switch but will not open and the light blicks on and off, nothing is blocking the sensors is there a reset buttom for th sensor our the whole unit. We can figure out why will it close but would not open.. HELP!
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    Apr 6, 2008, 01:27 PM
    Press the unlock button.
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    Apr 9, 2008, 02:48 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by keywestsigns
    HELP !!
    If hkstroud's advice did not work, please post that here, so that he and others know that, and can advice alternative options!
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    Apr 9, 2008, 12:11 PM
    See if you can have some one push button to go up, and help lift the door. Maybe the spring is not helping the weight of the door. I forget the name of the switch right now, It senses excessive pressure, one for up and 1 for down. Good Luck

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