How To Install Garage Door Safety Eyes

Further the safety eye sensors should be no greater than 20 feet apart and should be positioned within.

How to install garage door safety eyes.

Lying down on the garage floor under the closing door. If the door is closing and the beam between the eyes is interrupted the door will automatically reverse. Safety eyes are required for all garage door openers manufactured since january 1 1993 and the garage door opener will not work without the safety eyes attached and functioning properly. 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.

Push the bracket s clip onto the garage door s. Closing door and the door should reverse and return to the fully open position. Securely mounted hardware and rails. Slide the carriage bolt out of the old eye s rear holding area.

If the eyes aren t connected the door won t operate. 6 inches of the path of the door. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature.

The sensors should detect anything under the. Slide this carriage bolt onto the new eye.