Reposition Garage Door Sensors

Use your remote to get the garage door to shut and then see if it recognizes that something is in the way.

Reposition garage door sensors.

If it hits the wood or it auto reverses too quickly then you ll want to adjust the sensitivity. Product title garage door sensor garage door sensor by vtech average rating. The job of a tilt sensor is to detect the open closed status of a garage door based on its position. Sti 34301 garage sentry sensor part of the wireless alert series 51 40 23.

79 list list price 84 11 84. Craftsman cmxzdcg480 garage door safety sensors black 4 8 out of 5 stars 16. If it s working as it should then the door should auto reverse before it comes near the wood. Chamberlain compatible these sensors replace defective or damaged sensors for every chamberlain garage door opener manufactured after 1997.

Raynor opener pec r3 safety sensors 4 1 out of 5 stars 8. 0 0 out of 5 stars current price 47 79 47. Easy setup and includes 2 sensors mounting brackets 18 in. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing any damage.

Reposition the sensors and level slide the sensors on each side of the door downward as far as they ll go without unscrewing the sensor mounting bracket. Thus the alarm activates if someone tries to open the armed door. Tie a string long enough to span the width of the garage door around the bracket on one side so that the string will line up with the sensor lens.