Garage Door Sensor Alignment Test

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

Garage door sensor alignment test.

When the garage door breaks down or will not open or close properly it affects our daily lives. Garage door safety sensors are sensitive to bangs and bashes and tend to lose alignment when something hits them hard. When determining whether they need to be replaced or just adjusted you need to look at all the options. If your garage door sensors are clean it could be the alignment or the wiring.

In this case check the alignment of the opener or better involve a technician. However if the. The latest garage door sensors are technologically advanced and even allow you to control the opening and closing through an app on your smartphone. Ensure that the door is open and activate the opener.

If the garage door closes it indicates that the sensors are not functioning. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. Look at both the garage door sensors. Check for incorrect wiring between the sensors and the garage door opener.

Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Garage doors keep our lives on track as we open and close the entrance to our garage. When you examine how these sensors work you realize how intricate they are. Verify the wire connections are correct on the garage door opener.

Each sensor has an led light on the exterior of the sensor. If one of the leds is blinking the sensors need to be realigned. Sometimes the sensor may be beyond repair due to wear and tear and in such a case your best bet is to replace the garage door sensor with a new one. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.

With the click of a button or a quick combination on a keypad the door raises or lowers helping protect our possessions. You can choose to press the close button located on the wall of the garage or the remote button. Here s what liftmaster suggests.