How To Install Garage Door Safety Eyes

The sensors should detect anything under the.

How to install garage door safety eyes.

The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. Installing new eye 1. Securely mounted hardware and rails. Slide the carriage bolt out of the old eye s rear holding area.

6 inches of the path of the door. Place the eye and bolt configuration onto the bracket and hand tighten the wing nut onto the bolt to secure the eye. Lying down on the garage floor under the closing door. Safety eyes are required for all garage door openers manufactured since january 1 1993 and the garage door opener will not work without the safety eyes attached and functioning properly.

For instructions on how to install a new garage door opener see how to install a garage door opener. If the eyes aren t connected the door won t operate. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle. We have customers who ask us to mount the safety eyes on top of the opener or in a manner that by passes the entrapment protection the safety eyes provide.

Further the safety eye sensors should be no greater than 20 feet apart and should be positioned within. Closing door and the door should reverse and return to the fully open position.