How To Install Garage Door Safety Eyes

Further the safety eye sensors should be no greater than 20 feet apart and should be positioned within.

How to install garage door safety eyes.

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. 6 inches of the path of the door. Closing door and the door should reverse and return to the fully open position.

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. Push the bracket s clip onto the garage door s. Slide this carriage bolt onto the new eye. For instructions on how to install a new garage door opener see how to install a garage door opener.

Securely mounted hardware and rails. If the eyes aren t connected the door won t operate. Slide the carriage bolt out of the old eye s rear holding area. If the door is closing and the beam between the eyes is interrupted the door will automatically reverse.

The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. 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.