Aim Garage Door Sensor

Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.

Aim garage door sensor. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. If a safety sensor stops working the remote control won t work and the motor unit lights. When determining whether they need to be replaced or just adjusted you need to look at all the options.

Package includes 2 safety sensors mounting brackets and 18 in of extension wire. When you examine how these sensors work you realize how intricate they are. One that sends an infrared beam and one that receives the beam. If your garage door sensors are outside of this range remove them entirely from the garage door frame and install leveled inside the safe zone.

Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle. The sensors project an invisible light beam across the inside of the garage door to ensure that if anything is coming in or going out that the door automatically reverses before hitting anything or anyone. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.

Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. The sensors are located above the floor at each side of the door opening and. The garage door opener has two sensors that prevent the garage door from closing on a person or object.