[Shop-talk] Garage Door Sensor Challenge

[Dwade Reinsch]

When I've had a garage door that I didn't want the safety sensor to work on, I just taped the two sensors together, wired them into the circuit, and laid them on top of the opener motor.  Nothing ever "broke the safety beam" and door worked perfectly.  And the motor of the opener had a built in safety that caused it to reverse if it every hit something in the opening.  It did not just push and push, it reversed and went back up.
Dwade



      From: "Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA" <gsteve at hammatt.com>
 To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net 
 Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 10:04 PM
 Subject: [Shop-talk] Garage Door Sensor Challenge
   
The problem is we’re expanding the old two car garage into a 2k sqft shop and parking for antique and daily drivers.  One of the three new garage doors is located very near a front corner of the garage,  the corner turns 90 degrees and immediately there’s an inward opening man-door with the hinge near the same corner mentioned above.Hope this description has helped and here’s the problem:The standard laser (IR?) sensor is mounted near floor level intrudes upon the swing of the man-door.This photo is a generic shot of the items I’m talking about. My question is:  How do I maximize the door opening of the man-door.  Can I do away with the sensor entirely (the garage door has an automatic bounce back control if it hits any sort of obstruction)?  Is there some sort of new style of sensor that may be better?Super thanks. Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
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