Garage Door Not Closing Sunlight

Garage doors sometimes seem to have a mind of their own often deciding when and how far they want to open or close.

Garage door not closing sunlight. The garage door sensors are not in sun light but the door will not close. If the door keeps closing while the object is present do not hesitate and call a professional garage door technician to fix this problem. Garage door fix to allow it to close when the sun is hitting the electric eye which makes it so the eye will not allow the door to go down note. I have cleaned the sensors checked alignment and checked connections.

So the answer to the question is yes. When the lumens of light from the sun surpass that of the infrared sensor light the sensors are not able to signal one another this is why a garage door might stop closing if strong sunlight is shining on the eye of a garage door sensor. Unfortunately every year there are fatal incidents caused by malfunctioning. I even tried re aiming 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. Today it wouldn t cooperate at all. Do the sensors become more sensitive to sunlight over read more. You can do it by sliding an object between them while closing the door.

I was able to prove that it was the sun causing the issue by closing the door disengaging the door from the opener and activating the opener. Once in awhile make sure that the sensors work properly. Automated garage door systems explains why this happens. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn t.