This short is most likely to be in one of two places.
Genie garage door closing problems.
The door won t reach the ground if the maximum level of force is exceeding during closing.
If the garage door opens correctly but fails to close completely there may be one of three common causes.
Either in one of your transmitters or in the wall button or its wiring.
Troubleshoot any problems you may be having with your genie garage door opener including lights blinking door reversing remote issues and more.
In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor.
If the lightbulb was the problem a genie led lightbulb will resolve this issue garage door starts down then stops and goes back up or safe t beam system malfunction.
Genie openers apply only limited force to the garage door during closing.
Why is the safe t beam light blinking.
Check if the limits are properly set.
For expert advice contact your local genie professional dealer.
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.
Garage door won t close all the way.
Turn the close force dial in small increments until the garage door reaches the ground when you hit the close button on the remote.
If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch.
Why does my genie garage door opener reverse open when i try closing it.
Make sure only the safe t beams that came with this garage door opener are installed.