Liftmaster Garage Door Sensor Light Colors

To prevent the garage door from injuring someone in the door or damaging an item in the way of the door all models of liftmaster garage door openers come installed with a safety sensor.

Liftmaster garage door sensor light colors.

Liftmaster sending sensor is yellow and receiver light is green. Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products. We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems. Steve explains how to check and align your garage door opener sensors.

When depressing the garage door opener the door starts to when depressing the garage door opener the door starts to close and then stops and reverses. From logic boards to chain kits to safety reversing sensors find the right liftmaster replacement part to help you with any garage door opener repair project. I have tried to reprogram checked for read more. Today s garage door opener feature to safety features force sensors and the safety eye sensors.

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. They were designed to add an extra layer is safety to the garage door system. The amber colored light is the transmitter and the green colored light is the receiver. For the door to close correctly without reversing the safety sensors need to be aligned perfectly and there should be nothing in the way of the light beam.

Garage door sensor eyes were introduced in the early 1990s. 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. Each sensor will usually have a light. The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination.

These sensors are little black boxes found on either side of the bottom of the garage door. For people who do not know the transmitter has the yellow light and the receiving sensor has the green light. If the red light is blinking it means the sensors are not aligned and need adjusting. Explore more replacement parts below.