Garage Door Opener Safety Sensor Installation

Use a pair of wire cutters to cut the white and black wire about an inch from the sensor.

Garage door opener safety sensor installation.

The sensors are normally about 4 inches above the ground. Genie safety beam photo eye sensors kit. Reattach the cut wires to the new sensors. 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.

An improperly balanced door could cause severe injury. Connect the solid white wires the same way. Remove all pull ropes and remove or make inoperative all locks connected to the garage door before installing opener. Have a qualified service person make repairs to cables spring assemblies and other hardware before installing opener.

As long as the beam isn t interrupted the door will open or close normally. The light beam from one sensor must connect with the other sensor. If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door. Garage door sensors work by shooting a beam of infrared light across the entrance of your garage to the sensor on the other side.

One sensor goes on each track across from each other near the floor so they can see each other. Install only a properly balanced garage door. Install the two sensing modules across from each other and attach them securely to the garage door track. This system allows them to detect obstructions like your car or a kid on a bike.

1 push the safety sensor with attached carriage bolt. The infrared beam from the garage door opener sensors isn t able to be seen by human eyes. In the majority of cases a photo eye sensor will be installed on the garage door sensor. Separate the control wires on the new sensor.

Photo eye sensors detect objects as well as people. Installing the sensors as part of the garage door opener installation requires attention to wiring and adjustments to the devices themselves. This kit is used to used to mount the safety sensor kit to the wall of the garage instead of the door track. The purpose of a photo eye sensor is to detect if anything is blocking the path of the garage door.

Strip the ends of the wires that you cut to expose the metal wiring inside of the casing. Connect the black striped control wire to the black striped safety sensor wire using the crimp wire nut. This complete kit includes. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing any damage.

Repeat the process for the other safety sensor.