Garage Door Opener Safety Reverse

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Garage door opener safety reverse.

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. All garage door openers should have a safety reverse feature. If the door does not properly reverse on striking the 2 4 then the garage door opener should be disengaged until the unit is either adjusted according to the instructions in the owners manual repaired or replaced with a new garage door opener. After adjusting either the force or the limit of travel retest the door opener.

Follow these simple steps to test your garage door s automatic safety reverse sensors. Improperly operating automatic reversing mechanisms on garage door openers have caused many injuries and even deaths. The garage door must reverse on contact with a 11 2 inch object or a 2 by 4 board laid flat on the floor. If your door does not reverse readily after contacting an obstruction the opener s sensitivity adjustment may be set improperly.

Place an object such as a brick on the ground directly in the path of the door. Garage door openers are designed to reverse direction when a descending garage door meets an obstruction. See your owner s manual for how to adjust your opener s sensitivity. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism.

To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. We hope it s obvious that the garage door auto reverse mechanism is a very important safety system. This can create a dangerous situation.

Failure to adjust the opener properly may cause severe injury or death. Never go under a stopped partially open door. If the door hits an obstruction when closing a sensor in the motor head unit should feel the resistance stop trying to close the door and reverse the direction of travel and open the door completely. Activate the garage door opener to close the door on the object.

The door should automatically reverse when it makes contact with or senses the object in its path.