How To Install A Garage Door Sensor

The best universal garage door sensors.

How to install a garage door sensor.

Step 3 replace the old sensors with new garage door openers sensors. Unscrew them from their positions on each side of the garage door. Find the wires connecting the sensors to the electricity and with the pin snips clip them loose. Chamberlain compatible these sensors replace defective or damaged sensors for every chamberlain garage door opener manufactured after 1997.

Of extension wire and instruction manual. Garage door openers are a fast and safe way to access the garage area but only when they include the proper safety features. If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors. Easy setup and includes 2 sensors mounting brackets 18 in.

Attempt to close the garage door using a remote. Open the garage door. However if you do decide to replace your old sensors here are a few that i. If the garage door opener closes the door with the safety sensors blocked replace the logic board.

Do not fully tighten yet. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing any damage. Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way. Installing safety sensors on a garage door opener.

The door should stay open and the motor unit lights should blink. Place a box or similar object between the safety sensors to block the sensing beam. Often the only way to tell whether your garage door sensor is universal is to check the manual or contact the manufacturer.