How To Adjust Garage Door Eyes

Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage.

How to adjust garage door eyes.

How to fix a garage door s photo eye. Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as. 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.

Push the wall control button to open the garage door. If the garage door goes up but does not close or only partially closes then reopens. 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. Locate the safety eyes on each side of the garage door opening.

If both safety eyes are showing a solid light then you may have malfunctioning safety eyes. Pvc pipe and a l bracket screwed to the wall is more durable and doesn t fall apart when it gets wet. How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door. Don t take them all the way out.

Also how to manually close and disconnect. A simple test is to press and hold the wall console to close the door. Look for obstructions adjust the sensors to get a solid green light. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.

You ll find this in your home s breaker box. Check to make sure nothing stored near the garage doorway is obstructing the sensors. Clean and adjust the photoelectric eye which also reverses the garage door. Make sure the eye is aligned with the reflector at the opposite side or else the door won t close properly.

This is done by physically moving adjusting the safety eyes until you have both safety eyes with a solid light showing.