Garage Door safety sensors out of Alignment | Easy fix

[@marynussio9880]

Thank you! I had already had a sensor replaced about two months ago, and I couldn’t believe the next one had gone out and why he wouldn’t of replaced both at the same time. After watching your video, I realized that it was just unaligned, but it wasn’t on the ground so I didn’t know.using your information I was able to fix it in five minutes and save myself a service call.

[@HomeRepairHub]

Glad it helped. Thanks for telling us.

[@opticyclic]

Great tip! String is a clever idea! Everyone else is like "sensor alignment hack - just align it until it is green dummy!"

[@edpritchard3001]

Thanks!

[@ProLifePat]

Dude, you are the ONLY video showing *how* to align the sensors. Using string. Cool. Now my wife can open/close the garage as she expects. Thank you for being attentive to details.

[@edpritchard3001]

Very Helpful!! Thanks

[@jackwalker4744]

Tremendously helpful. Thank you for your effort.

[@HomeRepairHub]

Glad it helped

[@goshrx]

Just fyi, it looks like there's a nail on your floor by that sensor you spend most of the time with. Don't want you to get a flat. Thanks for the video---gonna attempt this fix now.

[@donnaterrell938]

Thank you. Helpful video!

[@jacobharris2373]

What a great video!! Thanks

[@bigtfromdc539]

Thanks my issue was the wire moved some. I agree with the comment about better sensors but my home is only 1 year old you would think new tech would have been included. This is the same as what I had in the 80s!

[@JP-nk4sv]

Thank you!

[@kenny5292]

If you have the one with the yellow on side side and then the green one on the other side, you know you’re in alignment when you adjust it to make the green light a steady solid. If your garage is still being weird after that, make sure the wires are pushed in far enough into the garage motor. I just had a couple of annoying days thinking everything was messed up, then discovered after pushing in the wire about a couple mm, it worked perfectly fine like nothing ever happened 😂 A good sign that may be the issue is while setting the open and close limit and it goes through the auto cycle to run through the set limits, it will raise up with no issues but then stutters and freaks out when it is about to go down. This happened to me even when the green light was solid and showed it shouldn’t have happened, but i noticed it blinked off randomly for half a second, leading me to check the wire. Hopefully this can help someone else

[@xianli6488]

So obstruction blocks are like leaves and cobwebs left behind?

[@DeLaurentiss]

If only the manufacturers would have the common sense to integrate a small alignment laser, like the one we all played with, to drive the cat crazy.

[@brianvilders469]

Lament personified!!

[@PaulNN2024]

Thanks so much!!!

[@brandonsmith8548]

One sendo is green the other is red? I didn't do anything

[@susan6443]

I have one sensor is lit green on the side and the other sensor is looks orange? I may have hit it putting the shutters away. Door opened fine, won't stay closed. Goes down all the way, then pops open again. Will try the string. Would the sensor turn green like the other if I get it aligned? Thanks

[@YachtLovers]

the second side stays a different color, but one sensor stopped flashing once I got them aligned.

[@jkxpg]

Thank you! The green light was off then suddenly turned on and problem was fixed. No idea what happened.

[@kevinwiggam8364]

Thank you, helpful

[@lesliewoolford8051]

Thank you, I bumped it dragging a trash can past the receiving sensor and I cannot get them realigned so the string tip is what I'll try I was using a laser. I don't seem to have those little side glowy lights mine are glowing all the time orange and green I Believe they were installed incorrectly they should have been on opposite ends cuz there's a light that shines out of the garage instead of in. But the installer was another story in itself.

[@robertboydston3787]

I have what sounds like this issue, but cannot seem to fix it. I have a sold red light on one sensor. If I put my hand over the sensor, on either side, it starts to blink, so it definitely sees the other side. I have tried moving it up down and from side to side and nothing seems to fix the issue. Any suggestions?

[@HomeRepairHub]

Does the door go down part way, then stop and come back up? What is the door doing exactly?

[@uodige1]

I have the same issue, the door completely closed and going back up. @@HomeRepairHub

[@llgrayslc]

That's what mine does goes down then reverses goes back up

[@lizzyg2380]

Mine is doing same thing 😣

[@llgrayslc]

Come to find out mine was due to not being programmed completely

[@PatrickSmith-qw1uv]

We have no light on either sensor, have tried to align as directed, no obstructions. We have power. Defective sensor?

[@rebekahlindborg1782]

I have the same problem - did you end up replacing the sensors?

[@kennethgooswit3697]

Can i operate the door without sensors?

[@HomeRepairHub]

If you hold the button down usually you can still close the door. Just be careful as the door will not stop if anything is in the way. Make sure the door is clear. Do this at your own risk.

[@theinfinityshield]

The issue is these garage door sensors are so outdated in their technology. Take a look at a sensor that can solve the sun issue, alignment issue, coverage issue and also help guide your car in the garage! Let me know if you want to give this a try?

[@OKIEBUD]

If the ground is level just measure with tape measure or you can measure from. Jam bracket … just another way

[@rebelian3286]

Thank you…there was no power to one. 49 seconds into the video. Thanks!!!

[@HomeRepairHub]

Glad it helped.

[@lynndonsonier2745]

They are way to high my little gog would go right under that and you know what that means.

[@HomeRepairHub]

Yes, those were placed to high when installed. They should be about 6 inches off the ground.

[@drah9955]

Just recently, my door was coming back up … A friend & I, after spending time on KZbin, fixed the problem … As the door moved down, it was hitting, moving a skinny wire from the sender, causing sensor to move & turn off … Moved wire out of the way, door comes down without touching, moving wire … Door works normal … Now I’m thinking, does wire have a bad connection, light on sender sensor should not turn off