Craftsman 139.53675SRT - Manual (Page 30)

Adjustment Step 3
T&st The Safety Reversing Sensor
* Press the remote control push button to open the
door.
* Place the opener carton in the path of the door,,
* Press the remote control push button to dose the
door. The door will not move more then an inch,
and the opener lighifs) will flash.
Professional service is required if the opener
doses the door when the safety reversing
sensor is obstructed.,
The garage door opener will not close from a
remote control If the Indicator light in either
sensor Is
off (alerting you to the fact that the
sensor Is misaligned or obstructed).
The garage door can be dosed by pressing and
holding the Door Control push button until down
travel is completed.
Without a properly working safety reversing
sensor, persons (joarticu/arfy chiidren) could be
seriously injured or killed if trapped by a closing
garage door.
Repeat this test once a month.
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Safety RevBEStng Sensor Safely Revarsirig Sensor
Adjustment Step 4
Test the Safety Reverse System
Test:
«Place a one-inch board {or a 2x4 laid fiat) on the
floor, centered under the garage door.
• Operate the door in the down direction. The door
must reverse on striking the obstruction.
Adjustment;
If the door stops on the obstruction, it is not traveling
far enough in the down direction.
• Increase the DOWN limit by turning the DOWN
limit adjustment screw counierciockwise 1/4 turn.
• Repeat the test.
On a sectional door, make sure limit
adjustments do not force the door arm beyond a
straight up and down position. See the
illustration on page 26.
• When the door revetses on the one-inch board,
remove the obstruction and am the opener through
3 or 4 complete travel cycles to test adjustment.
If the door will not reverse after repeated
adjustment attempts, call for professional
garage door service.
Failure to test and adjust the safety reverse
sysfem may result in serious injury or death to
persons trapped by a closing garage door.
Repeat this test once a month and adjust as
needed.
6ARAGE DOOR
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■ (or a 2x4 iaid na!)
Important safety check
Repeat Adjustment Steps 1, 2 and 4 after:
• Each adjustment of door ami length, force controls
or limit controls.
• Any repair to or adjustment of the garage door
(including springs and hardware),
• Any repair to or buckling of the garage floor.
• Any repair to or adjustment of the opener.
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