Originally Posted by
Dave Mortensen
I actually built a force sensor with a load cell and a digital display so as to measure the force applied when the garage door touches a 2 x 4. Nice gadget but since there is no standard as to the amount of force which may be applied and still autoreverse I was back to just using a 2 x 4. Bye the way, I had doors test at over 300# and still autoreverse.
David
David,
"Bye the way, I had doors test at over 300# and still autoreverse."
No, they did not auto reverse (at least not properly).
The auto reverse feature is supposed to reverse 'on contact', not 'on crushing'.
(But we've been through that before too.)