<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3200">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.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3201"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3202">Dwade<br><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3041" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3040" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3039" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3104" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3103" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3105"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA" <gsteve@hammatt.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Shop-talk@autox.team.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 1, 2017 10:04 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Shop-talk] Garage Door Sensor Challenge<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3038"><br><div id="yiv3701065341">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3102">The problem is we’re expanding the old two car garage into </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3101">a 2k sqft shop and parking for antique and daily drivers. One </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3100">of the three new garage doors is located very near a front </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3099">corner of the garage, the corner turns 90 degrees and immediately
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3098">there’s an inward opening man-door with the hinge near the same </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3097">corner mentioned above.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3096">Hope this description has helped and here’s the problem:</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3050">The standard laser (IR?) sensor is mounted near floor level intrudes </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3049">upon the swing of the man-door.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3034"><img id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3090" alt="Image result for garage door sensor" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTbQJt7Udcz5O1SUo7RQumG2Z2STACJTu-rDy9ba4qrfcE3WlU" data-id="3d467f4b-5f26-4e81-afc8-9b04c7a08216"></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3071">This photo is a generic shot of the items I’m talking about.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3069">My question is: How do I maximize the door opening of the </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3087">man-door. Can I do away with the sensor entirely (the garage </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3086">door has an automatic bounce back control if it hits any sort of </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3072">obstruction)? Is there some sort of new style of sensor that may be
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3085">better?</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3084">Super thanks.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3073"> </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486009536193_3270">Steve Hammatt<br>Mount Vernon WA USA</div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>