Garage Door Eye Beam

Our goal with the line of beamup garage door openers is to incorporate simplicity in installation convenience to make your busy life easier and a feeling of security safety every time you use them.

Garage door eye beam.

It is recommended that the safety eye sensors be tested monthly on all commercial and residential. Break the safety eye beam. 6 inches of the path of the door. Safety beams are sold in pairs.

One of the sensors directs a beam toward the other. These are located slightly above the ground on both the right and left sides of the garage doors. The same mechanism kicks in when other objects are placed near the door too. The photo eye consists of two sensors one on either side of the garage door about 6 inches above the ground.

They do this by using an electric eye sensor that crosses the doorway. Garage door sensors utilize a photo eye sensor and a beam of infrared light that goes between the two units. Most of the garage doors come with its display sensors that inform the user of the maintenance cycle. One photo eye beam is installed on one side of the garage door and the other is installed on the other side with exact heights from the bottom of the door specified in the user manual.

It operates on a low voltage beam which completed the switch when the door is in running condition. There are two sensors. Sensor path make sure nothing is obstructing the sensor beam in general garage door sensors block the door from closing if there is an object nearby. As of january 1 1993 it became mandatory that all garage door openers have safety eye sensors built into them.

The beams work together to detect objects people or animals in the path of a descending garage door. If an object interrupts the beam. The units are placed near the ground on either side of the garage door. We ve learned a lot over 30 years.

To test the safety eye system start the door closing then use a controlled obstruction to. If the sensor doesn t receive the beam emitted by its opposite number the door won t close. Garage door sensors protect your family possessions and pets by not allowing the heavy garage door to close if there is anything in the glide path. This precaution ensures that the door doesn t close when your car is in the doorway.

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