Inspect each sensor to make sure the green or red power indicator lights are.
Garage door sensor yellow instead of green.
If your garage door has been in place long enough enough dirt may have formed on the lenses to block the beam or cobwebs might be in the way.
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.
What is wrong and how do we fix it.
Cannot close the door with remote.
I can open the garage door with my remote but not close it.
The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination.
Otherwise the light is generally on steady green instead.
One of my garage door sensors is solid yellow and the other green.
If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply.
Amber is usually the sending unit and the green is the receiver.
A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply.
No shavings apparent in light.
Blinking green sensors generally mean that the door has detected a fault or a safety issue so it s a way of letting a homeowner know there s a problem.
Normally each should have its own indicator light.
Each sensor will usually have a light.
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The safety sensors are located at the door with one on each side facing each other.
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.
If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.
These sensors are little black boxes found on either side of the bottom of the garage door.
If one is amber and one green.
For people who do not know the transmitter has the yellow light and the receiving sensor has the green light.
Look for small led lights on the sensors.
The door goes up about 6 inches goes back down by itself and up again.
The sensor on one side of my garage door remains yellow so keeping the door from closing.
Often when there s a blinking green light the door also won t operate with the remote.
The safety sensors may be dirty.