I had this problem, tried many things you tried to fix..to no avail. Used the amazon link that you recommended, solved my problem! Appreciate the info.

Thanks! Your tips on the green and yellow lights just helped me fix my problem.

Funny that you tried the same MacGyver quick fix as me, by jerry-rigging some toilet paper tubes. While the issue definitely has a sunny day, time window, and angle of incidence, component to it, it looks like the real issue is old sensors becoming more sensitive to the infrared wavelengths in sunlight. So, maybe instead of running out to buy new sensors, it might be a money saver to first try and simply swap positions, so the sending unit is on the side that receives more sun.

Thanks for posting! Helped a lot. I also want to mention this is possibly needed on north facing garage doors as well (as in my case). I had to physically bend one of the eye brackets as the plastic shield caused enough of an angle distortion to break the beam alignment.

Sender = AMBER (always on, always sending), Receiver = GREEN (turns off when signal isn't received). Other than that nice video. Buried in the replies: Receiver needs to be in shade so sunlight doesn't interfere with getting signal.

@bikinggal1

4 жыл бұрын

I think he said all of this.

@keithoyamot4972

3 жыл бұрын

bikinggal1 he was saying it backwards though

@fannotafan1374

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it wasn't making sense the way he was describing it. Makes more sense that green is the receiver since blocking the beam would be what triggers the light from turning on and off. The sender would not know if the beam was being blocked.

with a bit of re-aligning, my garage door is all fixed!! thank you so so so much!

Great job explaining the functionality of the garage door. I have the same problem with the door not closing when its hot out. Your solutions are reasonable and I;m capable of testing and or replacing the ssensors. Thank you again for your support. AAA

The sending eye, on mine, was flickering. After re aligning it. Works great. Thanks

I have the same problem on sunny days, between the hours of 10 and 11 am. I'm going to try a safety shield like you briefly mentioned before swapping out the sensors, but it's good to know what the next step is if the shields don't work. Thank you!

The module with the green LED is the receiver. Your presentation (03:27 and in other places) calls it the sender. The sender blindly sends an infrared beam to the receiver. Since the green LED blinks when the infrared beam is interrupted, it is the receiver. Notice how the yellow light never blinks. The yellow LED, when illuminated, tells you it believes it is functioning normally (sending the infrared beam). The yellow LED never blinks, even when the beam is interrupted. I had the sunlight problem you highlight. It became a problem when, after 20 years of living here, I cut down a tree that had shaded my garage-door-opener sensors. I corrected it by moving the green LED module to the south side (shady side) of my garage. Newer modules may have a polarizing lens that allows the system to work whether the green LED module is located on the sunny or shady side of the garage.

@TomahawkDIY

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your insights.

This is great. Was very helpful in fixing my garage door. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent video. I thought I had to purchase some type of anti-glare device. Good to know it's a bad sensor. Much appreciated!!

Thanks for keeping me from buying a new door opener!!

I'm in Arizona and I have the same sunny day issues. At night everything is fine in the day it will not close. Thanks for the video, this solved my issue! Thanks.

@gregguess5248

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Gee same here in Vegas

@bikinggal1

4 жыл бұрын

did you replace the sensor or shade it?

@mgee16

4 жыл бұрын

@@bikinggal1 Replaced the sensors and that fixed it.

@bikinggal1

4 жыл бұрын

@@mgee16 that's a pricey fix for sun...Thanks...

Thank you very much. You save me a lot of money. Once again thank you

Also don't over tighten the wing nut. The plastic pouch on the side of the sensors that holds the bolt can crack right off. Mine had started to crack and so the sensor was loose and rattled around when the door started to close making it stop.

I cannot get it to open or close. I cant see the green and yellow lights to check if the sensors are not aligned . The chain had not latched to the other side . It was opened manually but now I can't slide it back to where it will latch., when i press the remote it blinks. No movement of the chain at all. Please help

I have the same problem will buy new sensors. Thank you.

Most people don't know that the word garage is latin for Go Rage...when you're raging in a garage you're actually upholding a very old tradition

Thank you!!!

Great video!!!!

Thanks for the post! Was mystified when the door stopped closing in late afternoons when we had to take the car out! Turned out to be sensor mis alignment.

@TomahawkDIY

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

You seem to know alot about these garage door systems. See if you can figure this one out; wall push button light is flashing continuously and will not operate the door. Except if I somehow mess around with the "lock"button, in which case it MAY open but then starts closing before it's up all the way. Remotes work. Keypad won't work. Sensor lights are on and are working properly. I can play around with all the buttons and get it to open and then I just stand there and watch it go partially up and then partially down and then partially up then partially down... all by itself! The light on the motor does not blink.

This amazon link didn't take me to the specific sensors (or any that looked like it) shown in this video. Which is what I'm looking to replace.

@bikinggal1

4 жыл бұрын

first thing you see is the replacement sensors on both canadian and US amazon

I had a similar problem where the last two days were very sunny and warm (new garage door opener was installed in February this year). Sensor LEDs were fine, perfectly aligned. But what I found was somehow the bottom bit of my garage door was setting off the sensor.. like a piece of metal that was sticking out and for some reason wasn't sticking out before. I have a feeling it had something to do with the heat warping everything -- the sensor bracket, and the garage door itself, causing it to break the sensor communication. I ended up flipping the sensors so that the wingnut was on the inside of the bracket, that way the sensor was farther away from the door coming down. That seemed to do the trick.

Here's my tip from this: Installed these, and they didn't work. Had to rewire the old ones back on. So my tip is, leave some length to the wire on the old ones when you cut them off, in case you have put them back on.

Put new sensors on they are connected and lit up but still won't close door. Tried adjusting the force still won't close. Can hold button to close it. Also light flashes but the lights are solid on sensors. Any ideas?

@young4ever429

6 жыл бұрын

I got the same problem

@tls5870

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the sunlight is still confusing the sensor, check if it works at night but not during the day. Try attaching a polarized lens from sunglasses or camera over the eye with tape and see if that works.

I've owned two new houses in the last year. 4 year old, and 1 year old homes. I can't believe bot had a bad sensor. A friend has a brand new home, same issue. These are defective from manufacturers and they need to fix

thank you sir =)

Mine only does this in the afternoon during fall/winter when the sun is shining directly into the opening of the garage. Going to try shading the sensors then possibly replace if this doesn’t work.

@islamicwaylive

2 жыл бұрын

Did it work mine doesn't

@islamicwaylive

2 жыл бұрын

Did you fix your garage issue

@chrisblanton1087

2 жыл бұрын

@@islamicwaylive I did finally. Ended up cutting a toilet paper cardboard roll in half put on both sensors to shade the sensor from the sun it works perfect.

Do you not have to turn off the power to do this?

@SesameJackify

Жыл бұрын

Believe it's low voltage wiring, 24v or less, no real need to disconnect power

Thank you. I suspected it was the sun.

my door wont go down with the remote until the light bulb goes off 4 mins after i open the door.help

I came home one day and put my trash can away and apparently bumped the sensor out of alignment. That was my problem..but I didnt confess to the wife right away so I explained to her I needed to order some parts to fix it. Days later after ordering some misc electronics I confessed and fixed it by realigning the sensors...LOL

We've had almost this exact same problem - with one exception. During the day when one of us leaves the house and use our car's remote to close the garage door during the day, 50% of the time it will only close 10 to 80% of the way, then retract back to open. Sometimes pressing and holding the remotes button solves the problem an that d the door closes. The times it will not close from the car's remote (this happens on both our car remotes). THEN we walk back into the house, press and HOLD the wired button we have on our garage wall and it ALWAYS closes (press and releasing the button, will create the same effect as the car's remotes). So my question is if it is a sensor/sunlight issue, why will it close when we use the wired button on the wall, the sun is still shining on the sensors?

@twhicke

2 жыл бұрын

Because when you hold down the wired button in your garage door, it overrides the safety sensors.

@islamicwaylive

2 жыл бұрын

Did you resolve your garage door sensor as mine does the same thing too.

@yorkk8172

2 жыл бұрын

@@islamicwaylive Hmm :-) If I recall correctly it got worse was making a lot of noise then stopped working all together. From my research it seemed that the part that needed to replace was the Screw Drive Coupler. Since our unit was so old we decided to just spring for a new assembly. We purchased a new one from home depot and found a local Garage door company who would charge between $200-$250 to install it. Or if they could repair our current one it would be $75 for a service call + the cost of the parts. We lucked out and the guy who cam out was honest and suggested that the older units were far superior to the newer Liftmaster products. He had the part on his truck and if I recall correctly the cost of was not much more than what I could buy it for on Amazon. I believe I could have made the repair myself, but since I already had to pay for the service call, it was well worth it for him to do it "while I asked tons of questions :-)" Good luck!!

Check out the video on my page to resolve all sensor issues easily. NEVER mess with them again. Ever. Seriously. I have nothing to sell, I'm just a KZread user like all of you and trying to help others, honestly. THANK YOU to Tamahawk DIY for this video here! :-) - Dan B

My newly bought sensors do NOT lit! I cannot figure out what to do! Any suggestions?

@yanone9942

2 жыл бұрын

could be the soldering on the motherboard coming off. people are selling new motherboards for something that's a pretty easy fix if you're handy. there's a YT video on this, that could be your issue.