Adjustment instructions for genie garage door openers may vary by garage door opener model.
Garage door pressure sensor adjustment.
On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor.
Contact the genie company directly for model specific adjustment instructions.
Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is.
This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door.
Two dials on the side of the motor head regulate the down settings.
Since then genie has worked hard to make their radio controlled residential garage door openers a household name.
In this video i show you how to realign your garage door sensors so that the garage door can function properly.
Setting the force controls can be an easy diy.
A garage door opener with an improperly adjusted closing force can damage the door or worse injure a child.
Adjusting these dials alters how far the garage door travels while closing and how much force in kilograms the motor uses.
If any object blocks the path of the infrared sensors the garage door opener will not activate or will reverse if operating.
Garage door opener force control 1 issue with the garage door that will fail a home inspection.
How to troubleshoot a garage door opener if the closing force probably needs adjusting.
The second line of defense is a set of infrared sensors which should be mounted 4 to 6 above the floor on each side of the garage door frame.