And when they re blinking they re flashing a warning to the homeowner that something needs to be corrected.
Garage door one light red one green.
If the red light is blinking the sensors are not aligned.
I moved the red one and the red light stopped blinking but the door still won t open.
If getting debris away from the door makes no difference then there s more to the story.
If one or both of the lights are off check the fuses breakers and plugs for problems.
One sensor is red and one is green.
One will have a green light that signifies power to the units and the other will have a red light that signifies that the sensors are seeing each other i e.
My genie garage door won t open.
I put a new battery in the remote too.
Did pull screw level to see if that was an issue re engaged lever not sure if did it up or down and still same problem.
How long have you been dealing with this.
Many times the malfunction can be due to a loose connection or broken wire.
Door starts down abruptly stops goes back up.
Sweep the garage floors and look through the sidings to ensure that there are no objects to obstruct the door.
Inspect each sensor to make sure the green or red power indicator lights are.
Red sensor lights are an issue because they should generally be green.
Raise the garage door using the control button on the garage wall or the remote control unit from a vehicle.
Genie garage door opener with the red green light for detecting something in way of door closing.
Since the lack of power supply is a common problem check the wires around the sensor when the led lights are not flashing.
Re align them by moving one of them until the red light stays lighted.
I ll do all i can to help.
If just the red source led is out unplug the mechanism check the wiring and plug it back in.
At that point a homeowner may want to try.
One will have a green light used to show that the units are powered up and the other will have a red light to show that there s no obstruction between the sensors and that they re seeing each other.
That there are no obstructions.
These sensors are little black boxes found on either side of the bottom of the garage door.