Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets.
Garage door eye beam yellow.
Even a spider building a thick web near a sensor can cause that sensor to read that something is in the way.
Among the easiest issues to solve are objects blocking the sensor beam because garage door sensors rely on infrared technology to see if something is in the way of the door s operational path that path needs to be unobstructed.
For people who do not know the transmitter has the yellow light and the receiving sensor has the green light.
When this happens the green light on the receiving.
Check out this simple video about how to fix this issue.
In general garage door sensors block the door from closing if there is an object nearby.
Fixing an issue quickly is important.
Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side.
Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm.
If your garage door has been in place long enough enough dirt may have formed on the lenses to block the beam or cobwebs might be in the way.
The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination.
Is your garage door opener blinking.
June 7 2020 at 5 56 pm.
The sensor on one side of my garage door remains yellow thereby keeping my garage door from closing.
I have to hold the button down while in the garage to close it and i cannot close it with the remote.
Can t figure out.
The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature.
The eye s are not the issue.
Entrapment and death from garage doors closing on them.
When this beam is obstructed by an object of some sort you won t see a solid yellow light and the garage door will immediately quit working.
Sensor path make sure nothing is obstructing the sensor beam.
If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and potentially prevents damage or injury to a vehicle.
The safety eye sensors became mandatory on all garage door openers manufactured on or after.
The solution might be simpler than you think.
The safety eye sensors are mounted.
What the make and model of the opener itself.
The safety eyes sensors became mandatory to protect children from.
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.