Andrew McKay wrote in message . ..
As I remarked in an earlier message, I now have a fully working
automatic garage door. However one problem is that if I don't remember
to park the Freelander forward then I'm going to have an expensive
repair job to look forward to, as the canopy door extension bar sticks
out several inches, and will clobber the rear of the Freelander.

The door opener/closer is the Motorlift 5000 from Screwfix.

I need to have some sort of proximity detector which will either
prevent the door from closing, or alternatively beep at me or flash a
light if the car isn't far enough forward in the garage.

Any ideas, possibly with links?

Andrew

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It's not what you asked to do but many people simply hang a
tennis ball or wiffle ball w/ string from the ceiling so that
the ball is touching the windshield when the vehicle is far
enough in the garage. Simply always pull in until the windshield
touches the ball. Most of the photo-cells made for residential
operators are brand specific & will not usually work on other
brands of openers.

Doordoc
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