Genie Garage Door Safety Sensor Not Working

Look for small led lights on the sensors.

Genie garage door safety sensor not working.

If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply. If you feel any kind of disturbance call an expert. The problem is either due to a blocked path between the sensors dirty eyes loose wires at the sensors or at the motor head or just bad sensors. For safety purposes do check the sensors of the garage doors are working correctly or not.

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. If the door does not close completely without hesitation. The first is an obstruction in the path of the door and therefore in the path of the sensor.

If the screw inside the rail us turning and the carraige is engaged but the door is not moving replace the carriage. If one or both of the lights are off check the fuses breakers and plugs for problems. Check for and clear any obstructions in its way. Make sure the carriage is engaged.

A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply. If it is be sure that the lenses are mounted five to six inches from the floor on either side of the garage door opening. Luckily you can set most automatic garage doors to a manual mode to bypass the sensors. You can also disconnect the sensors altogether but doing this will prevent most garage doors from working.

The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. If not re engage it. Two types of accidental obstructions can cause the safety sensor to prevent a garage door from closing. Check to see if the emergency release cord was pulled recently check to see if the screw inside the rail is turning.

As they are mechanical parts they will need oiling from time to time. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply.