Safety Reverse Garage Door

To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor.

Safety reverse garage door. To learn how to test your garage door opener s protecto. Because most pre 1982 garage door openers do not comply with current safety standards the consumer product safety commission cpsc recommends replacement with an opener that has an auto. Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way. Failure to adjust the opener properly may cause severe injury or death.

Testing the automatic safety reverse sensors is an easy task to perform once a month. Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems.

Test door opener monthly. After adjusting either the force or the limit of travel retest the door opener. If your sensors or garage door motor is. 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.

This video will show you how to perform the test of your garage door opener s safety reversal system. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly. This is real safety hazard. Place an object such as a.

Injuries from garage doors account for about 20 000 er visits every year and 60 children have been killed since 1982 from garage doors that did not auto reverse when met with contact. The garage door must reverse on contact with a 11 2 inch object or a 2 by 4 board laid flat on the floor. Follow these simple steps to test your garage door s automatic safety reverse sensors. It costs nothing only takes a moment to complete and helps to ensure the overall safety and health of your automatic garage door opener system.