Garage Door Safety Eyes

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Garage door safety eyes.

Nothing comes first than safely. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. If your sensors or garage door motor is. This is a common garage door safety feature that prevents injury and damage to personal belongings.

If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle. The replacement safety sensors project an invisible light beam across the inside of the garage door to prevent accidents and are required for safe use of all chamberlain garage door openers. Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way. We have customers who ask us to mount the safety eyes on top of the opener or in a manner that by passes the entrapment protection the safety eyes provide.

The new mandate was to prevent entrapment and serious injury or death caused if a garage door closed on a person. Okay now that you know some of the common signs of garage door sensor malfunction you re ready for the next step troubleshooting. If you have kids or pets in the house you can not have an eye on them every time. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing any damage.

It s better to be safe rather than taking a massive risk. How to shut a garage door when the sun is shining on the electronic eyes. Other signs include flashing garage door opener lights missing sensor light or flashing sensor lights. Your convenience matters.

As the garage doors are massively risky installing a garage door sensor becomes essential. Advantages of garage door sensors safety comes first. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. Safety eye sensors and auto reverse features became mandatory on all automatic garage door openers beginning on january 1 1993.