Garage Door Sensor Sun Shade

This replacement kit is used to shield sunlight and prevent accidental reversal of garage door from sunlight shinning directly into the safety reversing sensors.

Garage door sensor sun shade.

See more product. 041b0873 is a safety sensor sun blocker kit. Automated garage door systems explains why this happens. Liftmaster chamberlain sears craftsman and chamberlain brand garage door opener safety sensor sun shields.

If your garage door faces south and the door will not go down. It may be that your safety sensor is being blinded by the light of the sun. When the lumens of light from the sun surpass that of the infrared sensor light the sensors are not able to signal one. Check the manual for your specific model number before ordering to ensure compatibility.

Another way would be to block the sun from outside of the garage by maybe planting a shrub test it out by putting your garbage can in line to block the sun when it is low in the sky and see if it works. The sun also carries infrared light which is more powerful than the light of the sensors. If you are in a hurry and need to get your garage door closed right away stand in such a way that you cast a shadow over your garage door s beam sensor but of course don t block the beam itself just the sunlight that is shining on it and then press your remote control so that your door will close. The requirement for these safety devices was to reduce the number of deaths to children who become entrapped under garage doors with automatic openers.

Garage door won t close. Patent pending if you only have a problem closing your garage door at certain times of the day the sun might be shining into one of the sensors causing it to break the circuit. Safety sensor shades fits most openers. Get the sos sun heat glare safety sensor shades.

So in 1993. Sunlight and garage door sensors. Chamberlain liftmaster craftsman garage door opener replacement safety sensors g801cb p includes 2 sensors mounting brackets and hardware 4 7 out of 5 stars 1 724 garage door opener liftmaster 41b873 saftey sensor sunblocker shield 41a5034. It s an easy fix.

Only compatible with 41a5266 1 safety sensor brackets. Garage door sensors use infrared light. I would think a small piece of cardboard taped to the side or top or both of the sensor that is getting hit with the sun should do it.