Setting Garage Door Limits

Your garage door has set limit switches that instruct the motor when to stop running both when it is opening and when it is closing.

Setting garage door limits.

Garage door doesn t open all the way. Garage door won t close all the way. Start with the garage door open. The close limit switch may need adjusting.

The green indicator light will flash twice to confirm. Measure the distance from the top of the garage door opening to the bottom of the garage door in inches. A garage door limit switch is a device that helps you set the appropriate functionality of a garage door. Bottom of the genie garage door opener.

Setting the down closed limits 1. Push the open set limit button then release to save the door s position as the new open limit setting. Incorrectly set limit switches may prevent your garage door from closing completely. How to adjust the travel limits of your garage door if it won t close all the way.

You can do almost anything all you have to do is try. The limit dials have an icon of an opening or closing garage door. The garage door opener limit switch tells the motor that lifts and lowers the garage door when to stop running. Release the down button and the long led will flash blue.

The force dials have an upward or downward arrow containing the letters kg step 3 adjust the down limit dial first. Stand on a step ladder to reach the up limit switch adjustment screw on the side of the garage door opener. Press the button on your remote to open the garage door. This video demonstrates how to program the travel on a chamberlain garage door opener with a yellow learn button.

Travel limits force control programming contact reverse test for models 7055 2055 3055 and 3035 kv. If the garage door opens correctly but fails to close completely there may be one of three common causes. With these simple steps you will be able to tune up the limit switch so that your garage door recovers its optimal performance. In this video we show you how to set the travel limits and force control for genie opener models 7055 2055 3055 and 3035 kv.

Turn it a full turn counter clockwise to increase the amount of downward travel by two inches and clockwise to reduce the amount of travel. Program the garage door opener to recognize when your garage door is completely open.