Garage Door Safety Sensor Height

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Garage door safety sensor height.

Current standards require that safety eye sensors be mounted not more than 6 inches above the floor. 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. 4 7 out of 5 stars 1 676. Auto reverse sensors mounting height.

The sensors should be symmetrical in this height for the light beams to work properly. The current mounting height of these sensors could allow a small child to lay beneath them and still not break the beam. Periodic checks and adjustments. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.

The sensor should be facing the. The object under the door needs to break the sensor s infrared beam in order for the sensor to work. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. Consumer product safety commission.

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Lying down on the garage floor under the closing door. The two positioning factors are sensor alignment and sensor placement height. Safety standards regulate this height at 6 inches from the floor surface. Slide the bracket along the track so that it is approximately 6 inches above the ground.

3 mount the new beam sender and receiver on opposite brackets and connect existing. If the sensors are installed above 6 inches above the floor they may not detect an individual. For all garage door openers we have parts for all brands fast and free shipping 734 568 0287. The sensors use two photo.

Safety sensors include two mounted sections one on each side of the garage door opening. Install the brackets provided at the same height of the beams you have just removed. The height of these auto reverse sensors on the garage doors was roughly 1 5 feet off the ground. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.

Garage door opener safety sensors universal photo cells safety beams. Press the bracket s clip onto the garage door s track near the ground. As a general rule garage door sensors should be mounted not more than six inches above the floor. That s because they might not trigger properly otherwise and people or animals could get trapped under the door as it closes.