Garage Door Opener Beam Alignment

Need a new garage door safety sensor.

Garage door opener beam alignment.

If you have a laser level you can use it instead of a string to align your garage door. Our garage door opener sensors are a self diagnostic safe t beam system for garage doors alerts homeowners of improper installation or malfunctions with its new self diagnostic feature. Take a clean cloth and very gently wipe them in case they have accumulated dust or residue of some sort. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.

Sensor alignment make sure both sensors line up with each other. Our goal with the line of beamup garage door openers is to incorporate simplicity in installation convenience to make your busy life easier and a feeling of security safety every time you use them. Attach your new sensors but make sure you use your tape measure to ensure they are exactly the same height. We ve learned a lot over 30 years.

Modern day garage door safety sensors are usually led and if the sensors are aligned correctly with the two beams connecting they should light up green. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Garage door sensors work by shooting a beam of infrared light across the entrance of your garage to the sensor on the other side. As long as the beam isn t interrupted the door will open or close normally.

The sensors are normally about 4 inches above the ground. As a major manufacturer supplier of the garage door opener brands you use every day the vision of beam labs was born. Make sure nothing is obstructing the sensor beam. Do not handle them more than necessary or you might well put them out of alignment.

In general garage door sensors block the door from closing if there is an object nearby. One of the sensors directs a beam toward the other. If an object interrupts the beam the sensor breaks the circuit preventing the door from closing. Once the wing nuts are loosened disconnect the sensors and take them off.

Take your wrench and loosen the wing nuts on both of the sensors. Other signs include flashing garage door opener lights missing sensor light or flashing sensor lights. The sensors are delicate and can easily become. In this case you will set up the level aligned with one sensor then adjust the opposite sensor until the beam of your laser level is hitting the sensor.