Garage Door Opener Safety Sensor Installation

Garage door sensors work by shooting a beam of infrared light across the entrance of your garage to the sensor on the other side.

Garage door opener safety sensor installation.

Connect the solid white wires the same way. In the majority of cases a photo eye sensor will be installed on the garage door sensor. 2 extension brackets 4 lag screws 2 bolts and 2 nuts. An improperly balanced door could cause severe injury.

As long as the beam isn t interrupted the door will open or close normally. Strip the ends of the wires that you cut to expose the metal wiring inside of the casing. Repeat the process for the other safety sensor. Remove all pull ropes and remove or make inoperative all locks connected to the garage door before installing opener.

Reattach the cut wires to the new sensors. The light beam from one sensor must connect with the other sensor. Photo eye sensors detect objects as well as people. The purpose of a photo eye sensor is to detect if anything is blocking the path of the garage door.

Genie safety beam photo eye sensors kit. 1 push the safety sensor with attached carriage bolt. Use a pair of wire cutters to cut the white and black wire about an inch from the sensor. An infrared light runs between two photo eyes.

Have a qualified service person make repairs to cables spring assemblies and other hardware before installing opener. If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door. Install only a properly balanced garage door. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing any damage.

The infrared beam from the garage door opener sensors isn t able to be seen by human eyes. The sensors are normally about 4 inches above the ground. This complete kit includes. Connect the black striped control wire to the black striped safety sensor wire using the crimp wire nut.

Install the two sensing modules across from each other and attach them securely to the garage door track. 041a5281 1 is a safety sensor extension bracket kit that is compatible with various garage door openers. Product overview the replacement safety sensors project an invisible light beam across the inside of the garage door to prevent accidents and are required for safe use of all chamberlain garage door openers. Separate the control wires on the new sensor.

Installing the sensors as part of the garage door opener installation requires attention to wiring and adjustments to the devices themselves.