Garage Door Sensor Blinded By Sunlight

Direct sunlight creates interference with the sensors and may keep them from working properly.

Garage door sensor blinded by sunlight.

After searching online and trying lots of toilet paper tubes without success. Garage door fix to allow it to close when the sun is hitting the electric eye which makes it so the eye will not allow the door to go down note. Another thing you can do to overcome this problem permanently is to set a cylinder shaped object around each of the sensors eyes which will block the sunlight and prevent it from interfering with them. As soon as the door passes the sensors line the sunlight won t interfere with the beam anymore and the door will remain shut.

My door has this issue but even cleaning the glass on both sides after putting a solid cardboard piece in the way of direct sunlight so the sensor is always shaded the door still won t shut when the sun is at a certain angle in the sky. If you are in a hurry and need to get your garage door closed right away stand in such a way that you cast a shadow over your garage door s beam sensor but of course don t block the beam itself just the sunlight that is shining on it and then press your remote control so that your door will close. I used only one on the sensor side of the garage door. Michael jan 30 18 at 4 45.

Linear garage door openers hae00002 safety sensor kit lso ldo by linear. The printed part slides over the sensor s lens cap and requires no fasteners glue or tape to mounted. Doityourself has a wonderful explanation. Only 15 left in stock order soon.

Here was one way a homeowner dealt with issues with the sun he moved the sensor on the rail to the end. This thing is designed to be a more permanent replacement to the original toilet paper tube and duct tape solution i originally created. Safety sensors beam eyes for linear garage door opener hae00002 lso50 ldo33 ldo50 4 2 out of 5 stars 46. Every morning my garage door sensor is blinded by the sun peering up over the horizon.

How a garage door sensor works. The receiving sensor should mounted on the side of the garage door opening that receives the least amount of direct sunlight. The package comes with two shields. When the device detects any person or object in the path of a closing garage door it signals the motor to stop the downward action and switch the motion into reverse to stop the obstacle being crushed.

My south facing garage door was continually blinded by the sunlight in the afternoon and would not shut.