One photo eye will have an amber led yellow and the other will have a green led.
One garage door sensor is green the other is yellow.
If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply.
They are supposed to be that way.
The light means your sensor is transmitting infrared beams to the receiving sensor otherwise known as your green light.
The transmitting photo eye has the yellow led and it should always be lit.
One of my garage door sensors is solid yellow and the other green.
Fixing garage door sensors on an automatic garage door opener.
My garage door opener will not go up or down.
So how do you fix this issue.
The safety sensors may be dirty.
Normally each should have its own indicator light.
If it is off none of the photo eyes will be lit because there is no signal being sent.
Therefore this yellow light should always be glowing.
Look for small led lights on the sensors.
The one on the receiving sensor is green and.
The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination.
When it is lit it is sending the beam across the garage door opening.
If not fix this first.
Sears craftsman garage door openers have an important safety feature that prevents the door from closing when something or someone is in the way.
Does it operate from the wall station and not the remotes.
Before we get on the opener unhook it from the door.
The good news is a yellow light is your garage door sensor s descending line.
Also i have to hold the button on the wall down to close it read more.
Amber is usually the sending unit and the green is the receiver.
If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.
If so re hook it back up.
Noticed one door sensor light is yellow and the other green.
If so how do i correct it.
The safety sensors are located at the door with one on each side facing each other.
If you do not see a solid illumination or your garage door is not working the problem is most likely due to the sensors being out of line.
You ll need to first equip yourself with a wrench of some sort and a tape measure.
Run it up and down by hand to see if it runs well and is well balanced.
I can open the garage door with my remote but not close it.
So there s no need to panic if you see the yellow light.
Could this be part of the problem.
Make sure the door is hooked up to the opener.
The sensors do not matter here.