My Garage Door Sensor Is Yellow

Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.

My garage door sensor is yellow.

Remember that the light on both sensors must be lit up solid they can be green amber or red. Watch the sensors as the garage door operates. The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination. 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.

The light on the sending sensor should always be on even if the sensors are not aligned properly. If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply. Then take an object large enough to set between the 2 sensors and see what the sensors do one turns off. Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.

Any flickering indicates alignment is needed. If they both have lights on then continue. A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply. Open garage door then look at the safety sensors.

So how do you fix this issue. If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply. Look for small led lights on the sensors. Chamberlain liftmaster and sears craftsman garage door openers manufactured after 1997 will have an amber or yellow light on the sending safety sensor.