You ll need to first equip yourself with a wrench of some sort and a tape measure.
One garage door sensor light is yellow.
If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply.
A simple fix would be to block out the sun by fixing a piece of cardboard in.
Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.
If the sun shines on the sensors it may hit it in such a way as to block the light.
If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.
Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.
Liftmaster sending sensor is yellow and receiver light is.
Front of the sensor.
Another possible problem could be the sun.
I reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door i reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door will only go down by holding the wall button down until the door is completely down.
If you see that the sender sensor is not yellow and the receiver sensor is not green then this means that your sensors are probably off.
If you own a garage door opener by lift master chamberlain or craftsman you ll notice that the sender sensor will usually shine a yellow light and the receiver sensor will usually shine a green light.
A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply.
When depressing the garage door opener the door starts to.
So how do you fix this issue.
Look for small led lights on the sensors.
Door will close to about 1 foot remaining and then reverse as liftmaster sending sensor is yellow and receiver light is green.