How To Fix A Garage Door Opener Sensor

Fix garage door opener sensors electric garage door openers are a great innovation but as is the case with every electric electronic component things can go bad and malfunction.

How to fix a garage door opener sensor.

If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door. If you have broken wire from the opener to the safety eye sensor it is a pretty simple thing to. Connect the new safety sensor wires. Use a pair of wire cutters to cut the white and black wire about an inch from the sensor.

Cycle the garage door through the opening and closing actions using the control on the garage wall. Reattach the cut wires to the new sensors. You will need to splice the wires back together or splice in. Align or replace the safety sensor.

Remove any debris dust or cobwebs from the electric eye lenses on each sensor with a clean rag. Connect the solid white wires the same way. Connect the ends to the terminals on the sensor thread the wires through the fasteners strip the ends and connect the wires to the terminals. Strip the ends of the wires that you cut to expose the metal wiring inside of the casing.

The sensors that make garage doors safer must be located in the worst possible place close to the floor. If the door goes up but goes down only when you hold down the wall switch check to see that the safety sensors are in alignment. Entrapped under the door causing serious injury or death. Repeat the process for the other safety sensor.

Separate the control wires on the new sensor. Strip 1 2 inch of insulation off the end of the replacement wires. Connect the black striped control wire to the black striped safety sensor wire using the crimp wire nut. Fix if you have basic handyman skills.