{"id":"71a4fbc6-bde6-4004-90e0-56d2f74aa294","task":"Perform a balance test and set travel/force limits on a residential garage door after installing a new opener","domain":"liftmaster.com","steps":["Disconnect the opener from the door and manually raise the door to the halfway point, confirming it holds position without drifting, as a balance check done before trusting the opener with force settings","Reconnect the opener and set open/close travel limits per the manufacturer's manual so the door fully seats without over- or under-traveling","Set the force/sensitivity per the manufacturer's procedure, using the minimum force necessary to move the door through full travel","Test down-force reversal using a solid object (such as a 2x4 laid flat) placed in the door's path during closing","Test up-force/obstruction response and confirm photo-eye entrapment protection functions before leaving the job"],"gotchas":["Never increase opener force to compensate for a door that fails the manual balance test — that masks a spring or hardware problem instead of fixing it","Force and limit settings are opener-model specific; follow that unit's manual rather than a generic trial-and-error approach"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T17:28:16.688Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/71a4fbc6-bde6-4004-90e0-56d2f74aa294"}