Replaced the door sensors and alignment appears to be fine as both green red lights are constant.
Garage door sensor lights one red one green.
Each sensor will usually have a light.
These sensors are little black boxes found on either side of the bottom of the garage door.
Proceed to the next step if one or both lights are not illuminated.
One will have a green light that signifies power to the units and the other will have a red light that signifies that the sensors are seeing each other i e.
Inspect each sensor to make sure the green or red power indicator lights are illuminated.
If one or both of the lights are off check the fuses breakers and plugs for problems.
If both the red source and green sensor lights are on and not blinking then the door mechanism is working properly.
If just the red source led is out unplug the mechanism check the wiring and plug it back in.
One sensor is red and one is green.
I put a new battery in the remote too.
The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination.
Slowly rotate sensor back aligning sensor with sending sensor until it lights up green again.
There usually is a light on each sensor.
Even a spider building a thick web near a sensor can cause that sensor to read that something is in the way.
For people who do not know the transmitter has the yellow light and the receiving sensor has the green light.
One will have a green light used to show that the units are powered up and the other will have a red light to show that there s no obstruction between the sensors and that they re seeing each other.
Door starts down abruptly stops goes back up.
The sensors are little black boxes about the size of a deck of cards that can be found on either side of the bottom of the garage door.
When you have a strong green light put it back into the bracket and put the wing nut back on.
Genie garage door opener with the red green light for detecting something in way of door closing.
The latest garage door sensors are technologically advanced and even allow you to control the opening and closing through an app on your smartphone.
How long have you been dealing with this.
Stand a stepladder at the area of the.
I moved the red one and the red light stopped blinking but the door still won t open.
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 ll do all i can to help.
If you are unable to get the door closed and the safety sensors are the issue the garage door can be closed by pressing and holding the push button.
Sometimes the sensor may be beyond repair due to wear and tear and in such a case your best bet is to replace the garage door sensor with a new one.
