How To Align Safety Sensors On Garage Door Chamberlain

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How to align safety sensors on garage door chamberlain. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. And the opener will then stop the opening process and reverse the door back up. Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is.

Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing damage. Compatible with chamberlain and liftmaster garage door openers manufactured after 1997. If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors.

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. For that reason every. Even though they will not break so easily safety eyes tend to get out of alignment every once in a while. This video will show you how to align the safety reversing sensors on your garage door opener.

In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way. The sensors send a signal to the garage door opener if there is something in the path of the door. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.

Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side.