How To Fix Chamberlain Garage Door Sensors

Remove the wires from the wire nuts or cut the sensor wires 12 from the sensors.

How to fix chamberlain garage door sensors.

Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage. Strip both ends of wires from each sensor and twist like colored wires together. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. Use a pair of wire cutters to cut the white and black wire about an inch from the sensor.

Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as. Sometimes the sensor may be beyond repair due to wear and tear and in such a case your best bet is to replace the garage door sensor with a new one. My garage door wouldn t close when i would pus. Loosen the screws that mount each of your garage door sensors.

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. I am not a garage door mechanic. Strip the ends of the wires that you cut to expose the metal wiring inside of the casing. Don t take them all the way out.

If you still haven t identified the problem or if you want to test the sensor wires themselves remove the sensors from the brackets. This is something to consider if you decide. Reattach the cut wires to the new sensors. In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.

If done correctly you ll have disconnected your safety sensors from your garage door. Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is. Thanks to several youtube videos here s how i fixed my garage door problems.