Safety Reverse Garage Door

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Safety reverse garage door.

Failure to adjust the opener properly may cause severe injury or death. The garage door must reverse on contact with a 11 2 inch object or a 2 by 4 board laid flat on the floor. This video will show you how to perform the test of your garage door opener s safety reversal system. To learn how to test your garage door opener s protecto.

Follow these simple steps to test your garage door s automatic safety reverse sensors. In approximately half of my inspections the automatic garage door opener does not auto reverse when met with resistance. 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. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism.

We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems. If your sensors or garage door motor is. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. 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 is real safety hazard. 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. Test door opener monthly. Sensors are a critical safety feature but can prevent an automatic garage door from working properly.

Place an object such as a. Garage door sensors prevent the garage door from closing if there s something in the way. Testing the automatic safety reverse sensors is an easy task to perform once a month. Therefore some pre 1982 garage door openers may have been manufactured with other safety features which may stop the door but not cause it to reverse.