[Shop-talk] Garage Door Sensor Challenge

[Eric J Russell]

I don't think it is a good idea to bypass the door sensors. They are a good safety feature. 

All the sensors need is to be positioned so they 'sense' if anything breaks their beam across the door opening. The ones in the photo you included clip onto the door tracks. I'd try to re-position them to clear the 'man door'. IIRC, the bracket clips to the door track and the sensor mounts to the bracket. As long as neither the bracket or sensor is in the way of the garage door itself I'd think it could be reworked to be moved a few inches. 

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
  ----- Original Message ----- 

    The standard laser (IR?) sensor is mounted near floor level intrudes 
    upon the swing 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)?  
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