Garage Door Pressure Sensor Adjustment

Contact the genie company directly for model specific adjustment instructions.

Garage door pressure sensor adjustment.

In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly. How to troubleshoot a garage door opener if the closing force probably needs adjusting. Garage doors may display a variety of symptoms if sensors need attention. Adjusting these dials alters how far the garage door travels while closing and how much force in kilograms the motor uses.

Setting the force controls can be an easy diy. Two dials on the side of the motor head regulate the down settings. Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is. Changes are necessary if the door reverses during closing moves with too much force or strikes the ground and moves back to the top.

Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. Garage door opener force control 1 issue with the garage door that will fail a home inspection. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. If any object blocks the path of the infrared sensors the garage door opener will not activate or will reverse if operating.

A garage door opener with an improperly adjusted closing force can damage the door or worse injure a child. Since then genie has worked hard to make their radio controlled residential garage door openers a household name.