Adjusting Garage Door Safety Sensors

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor.

Adjusting garage door safety sensors.

If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors. Look from left to right along a straight line in between the sensors and move anything that may be in the way such as garden equipment tools boxes and the like. The second line of defense is a set of infrared sensors which should be mounted 4 to 6 above the floor on each side of the garage door frame. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly.

Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is. Join us as we show the step by step process on aligning your safety reverse sensors. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Important safety feature 2.

When you examine how these sensors work you realize how intricate they are. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. How to adjust the safety sensors on a garage door one of the first things to check is to make sure that there is nothing in the way of the invisible sensor beam. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism.

When determining whether they need to be replaced or just adjusted you need to look at all the options. Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway. The sensors are located above the floor at each side of the door opening and. 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.

If any object blocks the path of the infrared sensors the garage door opener will not activate or will reverse if operating. Garage door safety sensors are sensitive to bangs and bashes and tend to lose alignment when something hits them hard. To prevent the garage door from injuring someone in the door or damaging an item in the way of the door all models of liftmaster garage door openers come installed with a safety sensor. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.