How To Set Garage Door Sensors

Pull the sensor from the bracket.

How to set garage door sensors.

Don t take them all the way out. You ll find this in your home s breaker box. Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as. Cut the wires about 1 inch 2 5 cm from the safety sensor.

Reattach the cut wires to the new sensors. Remove the wing nut from the safety sensor. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. Connect the sensors with the string bring the untied end of the string to the opposing sensor and tie it to the mounting bracket so the string is like a tightrope across your garage door opening.

How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door. Evaluate the problem you are having with the garage door. Loosen the screws that mount each of your garage door sensors. Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is.

If the garage door goes up but does not close or only partially closes then reopens. The sensors that make garage doors safer must be located in the worst possible place close to the floor. Electric garage door openers are a great innovation but as is the case with every electric electronic component things can go bad and malfunction. The sensors that make garage doors safer must be located in the worst possible place close.

Use a step ladder to access the garage door opener s power cord and motor unit. Use a pair of wire cutters to cut the white and black wire about an inch from the sensor. Use a level take out a level to make sure that the string between the sensors is level. If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door.

Check to make sure nothing stored near the garage doorway is obstructing the sensors. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage.