If your sensors or garage door motor is blinking or your door doesn t close it s a sign you could have faulty sensors.
Garage door photocell problem.
Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side.
The major goal is to realign the beam so that it passes directly between the photocells.
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.
Fixing the sensor on overhead garage doors.
The photocell additionally called photo eye is an essential item of a high grade security system.
Fortunately since photocell misalignment is one of the common garage door problems homeowners experience it is one of the easiest issues to deal with.
The sensors are located above the.
Once the cell is put around half a foot off the floor on each side of the garage door along the door tracks.
Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly.
Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.
Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.