Garage door safety sensors have been mandatory on all garage door openers since 1993.
Whether mechanical (where physical impact forces the moving garage door to reverse), or photoelectric (where an infrared beam acts as an invisible trip-wire), either system needs to be working flawlessly for your garage door to operate as safely as possible. In this article, we’re going to share a few tips with you on the photoelectric, or ‘eye-beam’ sensors.