Garage Door Sensor Alignment

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Garage door sensor alignment.

How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door. The latest garage door sensors are technologically advanced and even allow you to control the opening and closing through an app on your smartphone. If your garage door is going down and reversing back up try this simple solution to get it fixed. The lights on both the sending and receiving sensors will glow steadily when the wiring connections and alignment are correct.

The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. 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. Garage door sensors are designed to prevent the door from closing if something obscures the sensor. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.

Sometimes the sensor may be beyond repair due to wear and tear and in such a case your best bet is to replace the garage door sensor with a new one. Garage door sensors must be aligned to ensure your garage door opens and closes properly. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.