Garage Door Opener Safety Beam Sensors

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Garage door opener safety beam sensors.

4 7 out of 5 stars 1 557. The garage door opener has two sensors that prevent the garage door from closing on a person or object. This is a common garage door safety feature that prevents injury and damage to personal belongings. Using an invisible infrared beam across the opening of the door the genie garage door safety sensor detects any object passing through the led beam of light and automatically reverses the closing garage door keeping children and pets safe.

The light is emitted from one side of the garage door to a receiving unit on the other side of the door. The working of these sensors is quite simple. It prevents the doors from automatically closing when anyone is in the doorway. Our garage door opener sensors are a self diagnostic safe t beam system for garage doors alerts homeowners of improper installation or malfunctions with its new self diagnostic feature.

Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. One that sends an infrared beam and one that receives the beam. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. 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.

If an object or person is in the way of the beam the closing door reverses direction. It is a beneficial device if you have kids or pets in your house. Chamberlain liftmaster craftsman garage door opener replacement safety sensors g801cb p includes 2 sensors mounting brackets and hardware. Allister safety beam photo eyes 75 00 46 95.

Get your garage door replacement sensors from your local overhead door distributor. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Garage door sensors work using an infrared beam of light. If the path between the sensors is unbroken the door will open and close normally.

Genies safe t beam system is designed to ensure maximum safety for your garage door opener operation. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing any damage. Other signs include flashing garage door opener lights missing sensor light or flashing sensor lights. Okay now that you know some of the common signs of garage door sensor malfunction you re ready for the next step troubleshooting.

Please check your brand name opener and then select a safety beam sensor kit that corresponds with it.