Originally Posted By: jhand This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hey, is there a code or regulation that states how high the photoelectric eye on a garage door opeaner should be. I saw one today that was 22 inches up, seemed a bit high to me.
Originally Posted By: rrushing This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Jim,
The proper sensor height should be 6". This height is not specified in the IRC. However, it is specifically identified by DASMA. This sheet states, as do all association data sheets, that the manufacturers instructions will always take precedence.
Originally Posted By: rrushing This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Blane,
Alot of the manufacturers instructions do say 4-6 inches. The DASMA sheet should be taken as the maximum height in lieu of the nominal height. If taken as the nominal, the installer could fudge a couple of inches and unknowingly/ possibly cause injury to a child.
By the way, as far as the cat-thing goes, you can scare the hell out of them by duct taping them to the bottom of the door with their feet dangling downward, then lower the door and watch the expression on their face. Reeeewwww!!!!!!!!!!! (feet churning 200 mph)
Of course you have to break the sensors pathway to reverse the door in time. Or do you??? The last part is optional.
Disclaimer-- No animals were hurt or abused, in any way, during the posting of this message. Those scratch marks below my garage door are purely coincidental. 
Originally Posted By: rrushing This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Richard W.–
Feel free to send’er up here. There are a couple of strays running around… she can have one of them. I do have extra duct-tape so, she could take her turn operating the button.
