Aim Garage Door Sensor

If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle.

Aim garage door sensor.

The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. The sensors are located above the floor at each side of the door opening and. When determining whether they need to be replaced or just adjusted you need to look at all the options. 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.

The garage door opener has two sensors that prevent the garage door from closing on a person or object. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Garage door safety sensors are sensitive to bangs and bashes and tend to lose alignment when something hits them hard. Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway.

Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. Package includes 2 safety sensors mounting brackets and 18 in of extension wire. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. If a safety sensor stops working the remote control won t work and the motor unit lights.

When you examine how these sensors work you realize how intricate they are. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. Offers peace of mind and safe operation.