My Garage Door Sensor Is Yellow

Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.

My garage door sensor is yellow.

If they both have lights on then continue. The sending sensor is usually amber or red and the receiving sensor is usually green or yellow. If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply. A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply.

Watch the sensors as the garage door operates. Chamberlain liftmaster and sears craftsman garage door openers manufactured after 1997 will have an amber or yellow light on the sending safety sensor. So how do you fix this issue. The light on the sending sensor should always be on even if the sensors are not aligned properly.

Then take an object large enough to set between the 2 sensors and see what the sensors do one turns off. Look for small led lights on the sensors. Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut. Any flickering indicates alignment is needed.

You ll need to first equip yourself with a wrench of some sort and a tape measure. The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination. If you do not see a solid illumination or your garage door is not working the problem is most likely due to the sensors being out of line. I reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door i reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door will only go down by holding the wall button down until the door is completely down.