How To Align Safety Sensors On Garage Door Chamberlain

If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors.

How to align safety sensors on garage door chamberlain.

The sensors send a signal to the garage door opener if there is something in the path of the door. Safety sensors are required for safe use of all chamberlain garage door openers. How durable are garage door sensors. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.

Even though they will not break so easily safety eyes tend to get out of alignment every once in a while. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Compatible with chamberlain and liftmaster garage door openers manufactured after 1997.

For that reason every. 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. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. For more on garages. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing damage. This video will show you how to align the safety reversing sensors on your garage door opener.

Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way.