Lower Keys
Photo-Eye Repair in Stock Island
Stock Island eyes pick up spray film on yard-facing doors and on openings along a tight approach. The units sit a few inches off the floor, where that film lands first. They have to see each other before a remote may close the door. Pressure held on the wall button is constant pressure, and that hold can finish one close. The sensors still have to work after that, whether the door faces a yard or a sheltered wall.
Spray on the lens
Study the indicator while your foot breaks the beam, with the door open and you on the slab. Spray film dulls the cover, and yard dust sticks to it once the spray has dried. The film yields to a damp cloth, and a dry paper towel scratches the lens. A cart, a hose, or a bin near the jamb stops the remote where storage sits close.
A splice that copies a dead eye
New eyes wait until the aim is set, power is confirmed, and the wire is traced to the operator. Spray at a low splice copies a dead sensor, especially beside a yard edge that stays wet. A staple hidden behind a bin does the same and looks, from the drive, like a bad eye. A remote missing its code is a separate job once the beam is known to be sound. The brand on the operator picks the sensor that belongs on this jamb.
Yard side, shelter, and low sun
Spray film builds faster on a yard-facing opening than on a door that faces a sheltered wall. Sheltered bays still collect dust and, now and then, a web across the beam at ankle height. Low sun on that film can wash a lens in the afternoon, with a calmer close after dusk. Say whether the miss lasts all day or appears only while the sun is low. Name the spur and the street that feeds it, including a stretch too narrow for a square stop.
Three controls, one rise
Try the wall button, the remote, and the keypad, and write the three outcomes on one line. A keypad that works while the remote stays mute points at the remote after the beam is clear. If all three fail unless the button is held, the eyes are the cause and the transmitters can wait. A rise near the floor can be the eyes, the down limit, or spray grit in the track.
Tape between the fences
Tape over the lenses defeats the entrapment check where people walk between the fences. One held close can secure the bay, and the sensors still have to work for the rest of the day. If a yard-side door is stuck open, call (645) 256-1794 and say people pass it. A door already down that only ignores the remote can wait on the form for a callback.
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Call (645) 256-1794 about this door.
We answer any hour Sunday through Friday.
Saturday stays closed.
Keys Door Co is family-owned, local, and insured.
We have worked this coast for over ten years.
Common questions
Why does the wall button finish a close the remote will not begin?
Pressure on the wall button can finish one close, while the remote waits until the eyes see each other. Spray film on a yard-facing lens blocks that view a few inches off the floor.
What changes if a person tapes these lenses along this very tight approach?
Tape over the lenses defeats the entrapment check where people pass between the fences. One held close can secure the bay for the hour, and then the tape should come off.
Why does a yard-facing door lift again just before it meets the floor?
A rise near the floor can be the sensors, the down limit, or a bind from grit in the track. Spray film and low sun are compared with a shaded test before the limit is changed.
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Name the street and whether the door is up, down, or stuck.
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