Locate the safety eyes on each side of the garage door opening.
How to adjust garage door eyes.
Push the wall control button to open the garage door.
You ll find this in your home s breaker box.
Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage.
To confirm adjust electric eye alignment you can use a laser pointer sitting in the tube pointed across to the other side best with the door closed so it s sufficiently dark to see the red dot on the other side don t cut the tube too short.
If the beam isn t blocked and your garage door is malfunctioning you may need to adjust the safety eyes.
Pvc pipe and a l bracket screwed to the wall is more durable and doesn t fall apart when it gets wet.
Also how to manually close and disconnect.
Check to make sure nothing stored near the garage doorway is obstructing the sensors.
Loosen the screws that mount each of your garage door sensors.
Make sure the eye is aligned with the reflector at the opposite side or else the door won t close properly.
Clean and adjust the photoelectric eye which also reverses the garage door.
How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door.
Don t take them all the way out.
A simple test is to press and hold the wall console to close the door.
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Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as.
In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.
If the garage door goes up but does not close or only partially closes then reopens.
How to fix a garage door s photo eye.
Evaluate the problem you are having with the garage door.
The safety eyes mount on the outside of the door tracks toward the floor and are usually black with small green or red led lights.