Photo Eye Sensor Garage Door

Check the photo eye is the problem.

Photo eye sensor garage door.

Because of this garage door openers have several safety mechanisms built into them. Firstly you need to be sure that it is the photo eye that s experiencing problems. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. All openers manufactured after that date are required by federal law to have photo eye sensors.

The photo eyes are a response to this mandate. In the 1990s the government federally mandated important safety features on garage doors. You may find that the door won t shut because it s stuck in the tracks. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle.

Why are photo eye sensors on garage doors necessary. If anything interrupts the beam so that the two sensors are not in contact the sensor signals the system to break the circuit so the door cannot close. This happens when there s a bend or dent in the track stopping it from moving. Compatible with all genie models that use photo eyes replaces model.

Here s how to fix a garage door photo eye sensor in 7 easy steps.