How To Fix Sensor Garage Door

Electric garage door openers are a great innovation but as is the case with every electric electronic component things can go bad and malfunction.

How to fix sensor garage door.

Garage door openers manufactured after 1993 include sensors to prevent a door from closing on a child or pet. The sensors are located above the floor at each side of the door opening and. They normally look like this. If you garage door is lowering then reversing back to the open position there could.

Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. The sensors that make garage doors safer must be located in the worst possible place close to the floor. This is a brief demonstration on how to adjust the safety sensors on your garage door. Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway.

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 sensor s transmitter sender and receiver are located on opposite sides of your garage door usually near the ground. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side.