How to Close a Garage Door When Sunlight Disturbs Optical Sensors

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How to Close a Garage Door When Sunlight Disturbs Optical Sensors
How to Close a Garage Door When Sunlight Disturbs Optical Sensors
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Close your garage door on sunny days by building an optical sensor hood!

Steps

Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 1
Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 1

Step 1. Use the inside of a tube of used toilet paper, wrapping paper, plastic or any cardboard tube large and flexible enough to fit the size of the optical sensor

You may have to experiment with tubes of various sizes before you find one that is tight enough not to fall off.

Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 2
Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 2

Step 2. Cut the tube to a length of approximately 5-10cm

Remember, if it's too long you can always cut it off again. Once cut, you cannot stretch it.

Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 3
Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 3

Step 3. Squeeze the tube so that it is oval instead of round, and wrap it around the body of the optical sensor unit, so that it extends about 6-9cm beyond the sensor

Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 4
Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 4

Step 4. Put a tube on the optical sensor at each end of the garage door (one side for mornings, the other for evenings)

Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 5
Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 5

Step 5. Make sure the tube is perpendicular to the sensor

If not, it could obstruct the electronic light beam and prevent the door from closing (because the cardboard blocks the beam).

Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 6
Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes Step 6

Step 6. Once you have determined the proper length of the hose to block the sun, you may want to try to find a plastic or rubber solution for the hose, which is more durable and waterproof in rain or snow

Advice

  • You can also hold down the wall panel button until the door is closed completely, and then let go. This way you bypass the safety light.
  • Make sure that the tube starts directly from the optical sensor, so as not to break the light beam.
  • The tube must be tight enough not to fall.
  • To confirm / fix the alignment of the optical sensor, you can use a laser pointer in the tube pointed towards the opposite side (better with the door closed, so that the darkness makes it easier to see the red dot on the wall).
  • If you are in a hurry and need to close the garage quickly, position yourself to cast shadow on the wall sensor (but obviously without blocking the light beam - only sunlight hitting it) and then use the remote control to close.
  • Do not cut the tube too short.
  • A PVC pipe and an "L" bracket screwed to the wall are a more durable solution, and do not crumble in contact with water.

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