Aim Garage Door Sensor

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.

Aim garage door sensor.

Offers peace of mind and safe operation. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway.

Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. 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. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.

If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Garage door safety sensors are sensitive to bangs and bashes and tend to lose alignment when something hits them hard. If an object or person is in the way of the beam the closing door reverses direction.

When you examine how these sensors work you realize how intricate they are. Package includes 2 safety sensors mounting brackets and 18 in of extension wire. When determining whether they need to be replaced or just adjusted you need to look at all the options.