How To Align Craftsman Garage Door Sensors

Sometimes the sensor may be beyond repair due to wear and tear and in such a case your best bet is to replace the garage door sensor with a new one.

How to align craftsman garage door sensors.

The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. All garage door openers use a sensor light to prevent the door from closing when an object is in its path. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.

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. 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. The lights on both the sending and receiving sensors will glow steadily when the wiring connections and alignment are correct. Sometimes the sensor becomes faulty and needs to be replaced.

Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and. The amber light on the sending sensor will glow regardless of alignment or obstruction. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. If your garage door is going down and reversing back up try this simple solution to get it fixed. How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door.