Installing safety sensors on a garage door opener.
Garage door sensor requirements.
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Secondary entrapment protection usually takes the form of photo electric eye sensors or garage door safety eyes that detect obstructions in the door s path before it closes in the first place.
Posted on july 22 2015 by twin city garage door most people know that at your home you must have photo eyes to meet safety requirements.
1 a residential garage door operator or system may permit unattended operation to close a garage door provided the operator system complies with the additional requirements of paragraphs b through e of this section.
Technically there are other devices that provide adequate garage door safety for gilbert scottsdale or phoenix garage doors but sensors are the most common.
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Any object in the garage door s path that is around 6 inches or taller should cause the door to refuse to close as an obstruction has been detected.
Understanding commercial garage door opener safety laws.
The standard also allows a device known as a door edge sensor similar to the sensors used on elevator doors or allows for any other device that provides equivalent protection.
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Federal law ul 325 has required all garage doors manufactured include a safety reversing system such as garage door sensors.