How To Adjust Electric Garage Door Opener

When your garage door opener isn t working properly there are several components you can adjust to address the issue.

How to adjust electric garage door opener.

A properly adjusted garage door is vital for energy efficiency security and wildlife control. 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. Step 1 adjust the limit.

Garage doors are very easy to adjust and can be done in less than 15 minutes. To open the door completely adjust garage door opener by turning the limit counterclockwise. Turn the adjustment screw on the limit clockwise if the door doesn t fully close. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side.

If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and. Over time it may be necessary to adjust the switch to make the garage door close completely if it is not working properly. 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. 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 flathead screwdriver is all that is needed to make a limit adjustment on most garage door openers. The limit the force and the safety reverse. If the up travel isn t functioning properly turn the up limit adjustment screw clockwise. A garage door limit switch is a device that helps you set the appropriate functionality of a garage door.

How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. 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.