Garage Door Beam Alignment

This precaution ensures that the door doesn t close when your car is in the doorway.

Garage door beam alignment.

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. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. The sensors are delicate and can easily become. If it s not at the exact height of the other sensor you ll need to adjust it.

Slide the strip to the left fold the overage back in on itself then slide back into the door groove. If an object interrupts the beam the sensor breaks the circuit preventing the door from closing. For example 6 75 inches. Trim the weather strip to about four inches beyond the door edge.

We ve learned a lot over 30 years. Start by measuring one of the sensors to see if it s at least 6 inches above the garage door. Do not handle them more than necessary or you might well put them out of alignment. Spray liberally and do not wipe off excess.

If it is note the exact height. One of the sensors directs a beam toward the other. Next you ll want to measure the second sensor. Our goal with the line of beamup garage door openers is to incorporate simplicity in installation convenience to make your busy life easier and a feeling of security safety every time you use them.

Modern day garage door safety sensors are usually led and if the sensors are aligned correctly with the two beams connecting they should light up green. Spray the overhead torsion or extension garage door springs with penetrating oil. As a major manufacturer supplier of the garage door opener brands you use every day the vision of beam labs was born. The same mechanism kicks in when other objects are placed near the door too.

Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. Once you have these tools. Need a new garage door safety sensor. If you have a laser level you can use it instead of a string to align your garage door.

In this case you will set up the level aligned with one sensor then adjust the opposite sensor until the beam of your laser level is hitting the sensor.