Garage Bay Door Auto Reverse

This video captured an example of what you don t want to see when testing auto reverse at a motorized garage vehicle door.

Garage bay door auto reverse. It is an additional safety component in addition to the motion sensors. In approximately half of my inspections the automatic garage door opener does not auto reverse when met with resistance. To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor. Some guys will say this is wrong and i should be testing with a 2x4 since that s the manufacturers recommended method but i don t like to make people angry by bending up their doors.

Injuries from garage doors account for about 20 000 er visits every year and 60 children have been killed since 1982 from garage doors that did not auto reverse when met with contact. How to fix a garage door that keeps reversing. You push the button to close the garage door. This is real safety hazard.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. Our fire rated doors are available for service door and counter applications in commercial industrial institutional and retail uses. Eventual outcome of garage door reversing mechanism failure.

The auto reverse mechanism is different then the motion sensors eye sensors that are located close to the floor on each side of the garage door s. Garage doors manufactured after 1991 are equipped with the auto reverse mechanism. The video was taken at a recent ho. You ve probably seen the mechanism in action but haven t given it much thought.

Rolling service fire door systems models 630 631 634 635. I use my hands to apply resistance as the door is about to close. When the controls on the opener are adjusted the reversing mechanism will work properly. Designed to close automatically in the event of a fire or alarmed event.

There should be an auto reverse for safety anytime door meets resistance. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. If you ve tested your garage door opener s auto reverse and found it requires too much force for the door to reverse or it doesn t reverse at all you can adjust the settings on the garage door opener controls.