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Where should I place my garage door safety eyes sensors ?
Safety eye sensors and auto reverse features became mandatory on all automatic garage door openers beginning on January 1, 1993. The new mandate was to prevent entrapment and serious injury or death caused if a garage door closed on a person. Prior to January 1, 1993 garage door opener manufacturers...
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How High Should Garage Door Safety Eyes Be Mounted?
Garage door safety eyes are designed and installed to protect people from becoming entrapped under a closing garage door. The standards are set by Federal and State Legislation. Information can be found in Current standards require that safety eye sensors be mounted not more than 6” inches above the floor...
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The light on one of the safety eye sensors on my garage door opener is not solid, what should I do?
The safety eye sensors became mandatory on all garage door openers manufactured on or after January 1, 1993. The safety eyes sensors became mandatory to protect children from entrapment and death from garage doors closing on them. The safety eye sensors are mounted to or by the vertical track of...
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Is it possible to only replace one of the safety sensors on my garage door opener and not both of them?
Is it possible to only replace one of the safety sensors on my garage door opener and not both of them? Safety eye sensors are mandatory on all garage door openers manufacture on or after January 1, 1993, and will not function with the sensors failing or disconnected. This is...
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Why won’t my garage door close in the morning, but will close at night?
Why won’t my garage door close in the morning, but will close at night? Garage doors operate as a system and several things could cause your door to not close in the morning, but will close at night. If the door starts down and reverses accompanied by the opener lights...
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What should I do if the wire from the opener to the sensor broke ?
Safety eye sensors have been required on all garage door openers manufactured on or after January 1, 1993. The safety eye sensors shoot a beam across the width of the garage door opening, if the beam is broken the door will not close. The opener also will not open with...

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