Nowadays for safety reasons most garage doors have them.
Garage door will not close due to sunlight.
First check the sensor lights.
Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all.
Here was one way a homeowner dealt with issues with the sun he moved the sensor on the rail to the end of the track.
Direct sunlight creates interference with the sensors and may keep them from working properly.
It was worse for me because my garage door faces south and gets a lot of direct sunlight throughout the day.
Sunlight can interfere with the sensors beam and cause them to act as if an object blocks them.
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.
Depending on the brand.
Cutout cardboard and secure it around the sensors purchase sun shields that attach to the sensors move the sensors into the garage and out of the sun switch sides the sides of the sensors.
The sensors only work when the door is in the process of closing.
The problem is the infrared safety sensors which sit at the base of the tracks that prevent the door from closing when there s something in the door opening can get somewhat blinded if there s too much sunlight.
We purchased a garage door with keypad from sears and have noticed that when the door itself is in the direct sunlight late morning all the way until late afternoon you have to hold down the button on either the keypad or the button inside the garage by the door to the house until the garage door is all the way down or else it will act like there is something in the way and start to close but then go back up.
The receiving sensor should mounted on the side of the garage door opening that receives the least amount of direct sunlight.