Adjusting Garage Door Opener Sensors

Join us as we show the step by step process on aligning your safety reverse sensors.

Adjusting garage door opener sensors.

Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. When determining whether they need to be replaced or just adjusted you need to look at all the options. From informational videos to product manuals and troubleshooting articles the chamberlain group resource library has the information you need. How to add a second door sensor to a smart garage hub and smart garage control.

If you still are having trouble please do not hesitate to give justin a call at 832 928 4407. 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. 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.

If you are unable to get the door closed and the safety sensors are the issue the garage door can be closed by pressing and holding the push button on the wall until down travel is completed. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. Find the chamberlain garage door opener technical support you need to get your garage door opener operational.

Garage door safety sensors are sensitive to bangs and bashes and tend to lose alignment when something hits them hard. This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. When you examine how these sensors work you realize how intricate they are.

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