How To Adjust Liftmaster Garage Door Sensors

The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature.

How to adjust liftmaster garage door sensors.

How to install safety sensors correctly. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and. That happened to me. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.

For more on garages. For the door to close correctly without reversing the safety sensors need to be aligned perfectly and there should be nothing in the way of the light beam. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Another reason for flashing light is the motor position sensor and it s printed circuit board.

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. The motor has much torque and if it is old the rubber mount may be cracked. 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. How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door.

Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. This video will show you how to align the safety reversing sensors on your garage door opener. Watch this video to see how the pro s do it. This video will help you in wiring up your safety sensors if you have p.

Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism.