How To Realign Garage Door Lasers

To the frustration of many homeowners a broken signal obviously disables your door from remotely opening and closing properly.

How to realign garage door lasers. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. Chamberlain liftmaster craftsman garage door opener replacement safety sensors g801cb p includes 2 sensors mounting brackets and hardware 4 8 out of 5 stars 1 260 31 94 31. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. If you notice that your garage door isn t closing when you want it to and there are no obstacles in the garage door s path the photo eyes may be out of alignment.

If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle. Pella traditional insulated single garage door. Pella traditional 192 in x 84 in insulated white double garage door. Sensors can be easily bumped by a garbage can child or pet.

08 0 99 oz 19 99 19 99. The two photo eye sensors of your garage door actually ping pong a continuous signal back and forth to determine whether there s an obstruction blocking the door from opening and closing. For pricing and availability. Screw in the light bulb socket outlet adapter screw in a light bulb i had to use a shorter one to fit then plug your laser into the new outlet.

Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. If your garage door sensors are outside of this range remove them entirely from the garage door frame and install leveled inside the safe zone. Test to make sure that the laser turns on and off with the bulb as the garage door operates. Finally open up your garage door opener to expose the light bulb and remove it.