Genie Garage Door Light Wont Turn Off

Light won t turn off even if switched off at multifunction control panel.

Genie garage door light wont turn off. Today even pushing the button didn 39 t turn off the lights. Several days ago it started not to turn off lights and i had to push the light on off button on the wall console to manually turn them off. Doing so will reset it but don t abuse this tip. Try to cover every aspect potentially contributing to the trouble and you ll find many solutions.

General troubleshooting tips for what to check when your genie garage door opener is not working below. When activated my genie garage door opener should turn on the lights in the powerhead and turn them off after 20 seconds or so. If the connections are good replace the yellow wire. If you find that your lights aren t turning off unplug and replug the opener.

Allow roughly 10 minutes to troubleshoot your garage door opener. Also check the wall control for any wires that may be loose especially the yellow wire leading from the wall control to the motor housing. Disconnect the unit power. Check the screw terminal connections to be sure that a wire is not touching another wire or terminal.

Disconnect the wiring from the opener. Reset the light timer to the lowest setting 90 seconds instead of 4 minutes. Step 1 remove the indoor control panel from the wall and use a philips head screwdriver to disconnect and reconnect the wiring. If your genie garage door light will not switch off it could be a problem with the wiring or hardware.

Then reconnect the opener. As you see many factors could be happening at the same time. Try these steps to fix the issue.