Adjusting Garage Door Opener Sensors

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor.

Adjusting garage door opener sensors.

Join us as we show the step by step process on aligning your safety reverse sensors. From informational videos to product manuals and troubleshooting articles the chamberlain group resource library has the information you need. Find the chamberlain garage door opener technical support you need to get your garage door opener operational. The woodlands garage door service.

Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. If you ve tested your garage door opener s auto reverse and found it requires too much force for the door to reverse or it doesn t reverse at all you can adjust the settings on the garage door opener controls. To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor. 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.

In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is. If you still are having trouble please do not hesitate to give justin a call at 832 928 4407. How to add a second door sensor to a smart garage hub and smart garage control.

When you examine how these sensors work you realize how intricate they are. When determining whether they need to be replaced or just adjusted you need to look at all the options. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism.

Garage door safety sensors are sensitive to bangs and bashes and tend to lose alignment when something hits them hard.