How To Align Electric Eyes On Garage Door

In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.

How to align electric eyes on garage door.

If something gets in the path of the invisible beam between the photo eyes as the door is closing the opener will stop closing and will reverse operation. Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as. First adjust the sensor that wasn t lit. Loosen the screws that mount each of your garage door sensors.

Don t take them all the way out. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and. Squeeze the tube so it makes an oval shape instead of it s normal round shape and slip it over the body of the electric eye unit so it extends about 2 3 inches 5 1 7 6 cm past the end of the electric eye. How to fix a garage door s photo eye.

Be gentle as you re making adjustments. 4 put a tube on the electric eye on each side of the garage door one side for mornings the other side for evenings 5. How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door. Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage.

By hand make slight adjustments to your photo eye sensors until they align. Also how to manually close and disconnect. You ll find this in your home s breaker box. A garage door opener uses photo eyes as safety devices to prevent damage or injury when the door is operated.

Look for obstructions adjust the sensors to get a solid green light.