No - As a double safety guard, photo eyes should be in place. Unlike the reversing mechanism attached to the door, nothing has to physically touch the door before it reverses. Once the invisible beam from the photo eyes is broken, the door reverses automatically. Openers installed after 1993 are required to have this feature. No - Any wall control for your opener should be placed where children can't easily reach them.
Accidents can occur when a child begins playing with opening and closing the door.
Inform children about the dangers of playing with the wall control panel. No - Just as in question nine, accidents can occur when children begin playing with the remote controls that operate an electric opener. Keep them where children cannot easily get to them, and inform them of potential dangers if they do. No - Some thieves have access to universal controls that can be used to open your door by reading the access code in the opener. Rolling code technology changes the code after every use, so the thieves' controls are rendered useless.