How To Adjust Electric Garage Door Opener

Turn the adjustment screw on the limit clockwise if the door doesn t fully close.

How to adjust electric garage door opener.

This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door. Each garage door opener has limits which control the opening and closing heights of the door. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. A garage door limit switch is a device that helps you set the appropriate functionality of a garage door.

Garage doors are very easy to adjust and can be done in less than 15 minutes. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and. If the door won t stay open to its full extent or doesn t close flush to the ground the travel control needs an adjustment. A properly adjusted garage door is vital for energy efficiency security and wildlife control.

If the up travel isn t functioning properly turn the up limit adjustment screw clockwise. With these simple steps you will be able to tune up the limit switch so that your garage door recovers its optimal performance. Set the step ladder under the garage door opener in your garage and use it to access the up and down limit switch adjustment screws located on the side of the garage door opener motor housing. The limit the force and the safety reverse.

A flathead screwdriver is all that is needed to make a limit adjustment on most garage door openers. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. To open the door completely adjust garage door opener by turning the limit counterclockwise. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature.

How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door. If your garage door sensors are outside of this range remove them entirely from the garage door frame and install leveled inside the safe zone. Step 1 adjust the limit.