Garage Door safety sensors out of Alignment | Easy fix

In this video I will show you how to realign your garage door sensors. This is an easy way to do it quickly. I will also go through a few quick troubleshooting steps troubleshooting steps if you determine it is the sensors. If you do determine it is the sensors I will show you a quick and easy way to realign your sensors so that you don't have to keep making adjustments. This will work for any type of garage door sensor. This is a quick way to realign you garage door sensors.

Timecodes
0:00 – Intro
0:34 - Common garage door issues
0:56 - Troubleshoot Garage door sensors
1:58 - align garage door sensors
3:31 - Things that will cause the sensors to be out of alignment

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[ProLifePat]

Dude, you are the ONLY video showing *how* to align the sensors. Using string. Cool.

Now my wife can open/close the garage as she expects. Thank you for being attentive to details.

[opticyclic]

Great tip! String is a clever idea! Everyone else is like "sensor alignment hack - just align it until it is green dummy!"

[marynussio]

Thank you! I had already had a sensor replaced about two months ago, and I couldn’t believe the next one had gone out and why he wouldn’t of replaced both at the same time. After watching your video, I realized that it was just unaligned, but it wasn’t on the ground so I didn’t know.using your information I was able to fix it in five minutes and save myself a service call.

[DeLaurentiss]

If only the manufacturers would have the common sense to integrate a small alignment laser, like the one we all played with, to drive the cat crazy.

[jackwalker]

Tremendously helpful. Thank you for your effort.

[lesliewoolford]

Thank you, I bumped it dragging a trash can past the receiving sensor and I cannot get them realigned so the string tip is what I'll try I was using a laser. I don't seem to have those little side glowy lights mine are glowing all the time orange and green I Believe they were installed incorrectly they should have been on opposite ends cuz there's a light that shines out of the garage instead of in. But the installer was another story in itself.

[bigtfromdc]

Thanks my issue was the wire moved some. I agree with the comment about better sensors but my home is only 1 year old you would think new tech would have been included. This is the same as what I had in the 80s!

[theinfinityshield]

The issue is these garage door sensors are so outdated in their technology. Take a look at a sensor that can solve the sun issue, alignment issue, coverage issue and also help guide your car in the garage! Let me know if you want to give this a try?

[OKIEBUD]

If the ground is level just measure with tape measure or you can measure from. Jam bracket … just another way

[rebelian]

Thank you…there was no power to one. 49 seconds into the video. Thanks!!!

[PatrickSmith-qwuv]

We have no light on either sensor, have tried to align as directed, no obstructions. We have power.
Defective sensor?

[robertboydston]

I have what sounds like this issue, but cannot seem to fix it. I have a sold red light on one sensor. If I put my hand over the sensor, on either side, it starts to blink, so it definitely sees the other side. I have tried moving it up down and from side to side and nothing seems to fix the issue. Any suggestions?

[kennethgooswit]

Can i operate the door without sensors?

[lynndonsonier]

They are way to high my little gog would go right under that and you know what that means.