Important Installation Instructions, Opener Assembly

IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING: Toreduce the risk of severe injury or death:

1.READ AND FOLLOW ALL SAFETY, INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS. (If you have questions or do not understand an instruction, call The Genie Company or an authorized Genie® Dealer.)

2.Install only on a properly balanced sectional garage door. An improperly balanced door could cause severe injury. Have a trained door system technician make repairs or adjustments to cables, spring assemblies, and other hardware before installing the opener.

3.Remove all ropes and remove or make inoperative all locks connected to the garage door before installing opener.

4.Where possible, install the door opener 7 feet or more above the floor. For products having an emergency release, mount the emergency release 6 feet above the floor.

5.Do NOT connect the opener to source of power until instructed to do so.

6.Locate the control button:

•Within sight of door,

•At minimum height of 5 feet so small children are not able to reach it, and

•Away from all moving parts of the door.

7.Install the Entrapment WARNING Label next to the control button in a prominent location. Install the Emergency Release Tag on or next to the emergency release.

8.After installing the opener, the door must reverse within 2 seconds when it contacts a 1-1/2 inch high object (or a 2 x 4 board laid flat) on the floor.

1OPENER ASSEMBLY

RAIL ASSEMBLY: Use a clean, flat surface.

NOTE: For 1-piece rail—skip to POWER HEAD &

RAIL ASSEMBLY.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of injury to persons or damage to property - Use this opener only with sectional doors.

CAUTION

Do NOT run until opener is fully assembled.

NOTE: Three (3) piece rail assemblies are for a 7 foot high door.

Clear a workspace area to unpack and organize box and contents for assembly.

1.There are 4 boxes inside the carton. Each box is numbered 1 - 4. Note that some openers will contain the same parts and be packaged with fewer boxes. Carefully remove the three internal boxes (Labeled #1, 2, and 3) and place them on the floor for easy access (Fig. 1-1).These boxes contain assembly parts and the contents are organized by assembly tasks. For quick reference inside the lid of each box there is a label illustrating the components inside.

2.Remove the motor power head and place it on the floor for later use. Remove box #4 and place it on the floor for later use.

FOR HELP-1.800.354.3643 OR WWW.GENIECOMPANY.COM

			#4
Bag 0	Rail Connectors	Bag 2	Header Bracket
			Header Bracket

Rail Connector Bolts
		Header Bracket
		Bolts
	Rail Connector Nuts
			Lag Srews
Bag 1	Bolts	Bag 3
Bag 1	Rail	Bag 3
		5/16" Nuts
		& Bolts
	Power head
	Box Label Example
FIG. 1-1	Internal boxes.

PN# 36420Supplement, 10/27/2008	9

1042 specifications

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