Reset Garage Door Sensor

Loosen the screws that mount each of your garage door sensors.

Reset garage door sensor.

The safest way to bypass a garage door sensor is to disconnect the garage door from the opener. Safety sensors are the number one component that will cause a garage door not to close. Loosen the nuts just. Loosen the small nuts that hold each sensor to the l brackets with a small adjustable wrench.

Don t take them all the way out. Use a pair of wire cutters to cut the white and black wire about an inch from the sensor. The door should stay open and the motor unit lights should blink. 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.

In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage. The latest garage door sensors are technologically advanced and even allow you to control the opening and closing through an app on your smartphone. Cycle the garage door.

Cleaning and adjustment remove any debris dust or cobwebs from the electric eye lenses on each sensor with a clean rag. Adjust each sensor in small. Place a box or similar object between the safety sensors to block the sensing beam. Below are the two most common brands of safety sensors for chamberlain liftmaster sears craftsman and genie garage door openers.

Garage door opener safety sensors can go bad due to age excess sun or water exposure or from physical damage caused by lawn tools bicycles and trash cans that have been repeatedly hitting the sensors. Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as. If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door. Press the garage door opener wall button to fully open the garage door.

Cut the wires about 1 inch 2 5 cm from the safety sensor. Attempt to close the garage door using a remote. Reattach the cut wires to the new sensors. Step 2 pull the emergency release cord to disconnect the garage door from the opener.

Open the garage door. Garage door not closing. To reset the system you will need to locate the button on the motor that reads learn or home in many cases this button will be located on the same side as the device s antenna and next to an led. Led colors range by brand and model.