All garage door openers use a sensor light to prevent the door from closing when an object is in its path.
How to align craftsman 1 3 horse garage door sensors.
For the craftsman 1 2 hp garage door opener i have i d need a signal generator that sends a pattern of 6 millisecond long 6 volt pulses followed by no signal for 0 5 milliseconds.
Align garage door sensors.
If your garage door sensors are outside of this range remove them entirely from the garage door frame and install leveled inside the safe zone.
Install and align the brackets so the sensors will face each other door across the garage door with the beam no higher than 6 track 15 cm above the floor.
Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.
Page 22 mounting and wiring the safety reversing figure 5 sensors wing nut slide a 1 4 20xl 2 carriage bolt head into the slot on each sensor.
Sometimes the sensor becomes faulty and needs to be replaced.
Install an overhead garage door.
Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side.
If your craftsman garage door opener fails to close the door properly you may need to disable the sensor light temporarily until you can replace the sensors.
The installation instructions for a craftsman door opener call for installing the sensors 6 inches above the floor and you can mount them to the floor the wall or the door track with the.
Since it s creation these garage door sensors have be.
Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.