How To Adjust Garage Door Eyes

Join us as we show the step by step process on aligning your safety reverse sensors.

How to adjust garage door eyes.

Locate the safety eyes on each side of the garage door opening. Monitor the led lights on the safety eyes. Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as. It s particularly irritating if you re looking to sell your home and it s affecting your curb appeal.

How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door. Look for obstructions adjust the sensors to get a solid green light. If the garage door goes up but does not close or only partially closes then reopens. Loosen the screws that mount each of your garage door sensors.

You ll find this in your home s breaker box. There are lots of other reasons why you ll need to get it fixed as soon as possible too. When one of the eyes is not working or if there is an alignment. Make sure the eye is aligned with the reflector at the opposite side or else the door won t close properly.

How to fix a garage door s photo eye. Don t take them all the way out. The safety eyes mount on the outside of the door tracks. Check to make sure nothing stored near the garage doorway is obstructing the sensors.

They are very. Evaluate the problem you are having with the garage door. Clean and adjust the photoelectric eye which also reverses the garage door. Push the wall control button to open the garage door.

Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage.