How To Install Garage Door Safety Eyes

Installing new eye 1.

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. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle. If the door is closing and the beam between the eyes is interrupted the door will automatically reverse. Push the bracket s clip onto the garage door s.

The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. Further the safety eye sensors should be no greater than 20 feet apart and should be positioned within. 6 inches of the path of the door. Slide the carriage bolt out of the old eye s rear holding area.

Securely mounted hardware and rails. 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. Slide this carriage bolt onto the new eye. 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.

Closing door and the door should reverse and return to the fully open position. Lying down on the garage floor under the closing door.