How To Wire Garage Door Sensors

Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side.

How to wire garage door sensors. Here are the two main exceptions to the rule. Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door. A wiring diagram is a streamlined traditional photographic depiction of an electric circuit.

Loosen the two wire terminal screws on the sensor one full turn with a phillips head screwdriver. 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. Installing the sensors as part of the garage door opener installation requires attention to wiring and adjustments to the devices themselves. Insert each wire end in between the flat plate under the screws and tighten the screws to secure the wires.

Watch this video to see how the pro s do it. Cut the wires about 1 inch 2 5 cm from the safety sensor. Connect the black striped control wire to the black striped safety sensor wire using the crimp wire nut. How to install safety sensors correctly.

This set of sensors comes with mounting brackets as well as 18 inches of extension wire to make the connection a bit easier. As we have established earlier garage door safety sensors are not universal and will only work with garage door openers of the same brand. Collection of garage door safety sensor wiring diagram. Connect the solid white wires the same way.

The sensors are normally about 4 inches above the ground. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. Connect the new safety sensor wires separate the control wires on the new sensor. Use a pair of wire cutters to cut the white and black wire about an inch from the sensor.

This video will help you in wiring up your safety sensors if you have p. If you own a liftmaster chamberlain or craftsman garage door opener the same safety sensor will work on all three brands. 1 push the safety sensor with attached carriage bolt. Strip 1 2 inch of insulation off each wire with wire strippers.