Interference Garage Door Opener Remote

Your hand held garage door opener remote should be able to operate normally when approximately 10 15 meters away from the system usually around 2 3 car lengths.

Interference garage door opener remote.

How to remedy interference between your garage door remote and another appliance. Turning your antenna in the opposite direction of high frequency signals can divert unwanted interference from disturbing the frequency of your garage door opener which in turn can improve its operating ability. This seems to happen every week or two. Next you will need to shut power to the garage off with your circuit breaker.

However if there is a new frequency then you may need to speak to a garage door repair service to relocate your receiver or fit a plastic casing. None of them would work unless inside the garage standing nearly directly beneath the opener. The location of the garage door openers signal may be blocked by some of the other devices in your home running on the same frequency. The interference seems to last for an hour or two.

First plug the garage door opener into an outlet in the house using an extension cord. Step by step process of elimination is the best way to determine what is causing the decreased range on the garage door opener remote. Locating and adjusting the antenna inside of your garage can change the frequency on your garage door remote. Next you ll test the range on your remote controls to see if it improves.

If you re experiencing problems with range you may have a weak battery at play as well as radio interference or physical interference. I tested two remotes for this garage door and two other remotes for two other garage doors.