Replacing Garage Door Sensor Wire

The door should stay open and the motor unit lights should blink.

Replacing garage door sensor wire.

Find the wires connecting the sensors to the electricity and with the pin snips clip them loose. Unscrew them from their positions on each side of the garage door. The replacement safety sensors project an invisible light beam across the inside of the garage door to prevent accidents and are required for safe use of all chamberlain garage door openers. Attempt to close the garage door using a remote.

Fixing the sensor on overhead garage doors. Step 3 replace the old sensors with new garage door openers sensors. Wiring a sensor for a genie garage door opener is much like any other opener. Place a box or similar object between the safety sensors to block the sensing beam.

Mount the new garage door openers sensors in the exact same position as the old ones. Whenever there is an obstruction the garage door will automatically reverse before causing any damage. Open the garage door. The sensors are located above the.

If the garage door opener closes the door with the safety sensors blocked replace the logic board. Garage door openers include a photo electric sensor system to help prevent damage to the door or opener. The sensor emits an infrared beam that when broken causes the opener to stop closing the door and reverses the movement back to the open position.