Garage Door Genie Will Not Close

If your garage door won t close all the way the problem could be due to a blocked photo eye.

Garage door genie will not close.

General troubleshooting tips for what to check when your genie garage door opener is not working below. The photo eye components consist of two pieces that align face to face across each side of the garage door roughly four feet above the ground. The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature. Your garage door may be disconnected from the opener.

Check that the emergency release cord has not been pulled. Confirm the safe t beam is correctly aligned. Remove anything blocking the safe t beam at the base of the garage door. Genie garage door opener opening or closing problem fix.

The problem is either due to a blocked path between the sensors dirty eyes loose wires at the sensors or at the motor head or just bad sensors. One sends a beam of infra red light to the other. If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step. If this is the reason you will need to reengage the carriage.

Turn sure lock off also called vacation lock check the power source where the powerhead is plugged in plug a lamp into the same outlet if the lamp works the power source is ok if the lamp does. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. Tools children s toys and other. The method to reengage the carriage depends on the model of garage door opener you own.

This is one of the sensors. How to troubleshoot a door that doesn t close on a genie model 940a step 1.