How To Fix Sensor Garage Door

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How to fix sensor garage door.

The sensors are located above the floor at each side of the door opening and. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. The sensor s transmitter sender and receiver are located on opposite sides of your garage door usually near the ground.

The sensors that make garage doors safer must be located in the worst possible place close to the floor. They normally look like this. 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. This is a brief demonstration on how to adjust the safety sensors on your garage door.

Garage door openers manufactured after 1993 include sensors to prevent a door from closing on a child or pet. If your door won t close it is likely that something is either covering one side of the sensor unit or has caused one side or the other to move off center. Electric garage door openers are a great innovation but as is the case with every electric electronic component things can go bad and malfunction.