Router Interference With Garage Door Opener

The only thing you can do is move router as far away from opener as possible and hope it works.

Router interference with garage door opener.

Garage doors operate using frequencies between 28 and 360 mhz. One way is trial and error or simply moving suspect devices or turning them off one by one. Unfortunately if the control panel for your garage door opener is older it may be more prone to radio frequency interference. If i still had access to a spectrum analyzer i could measure it.

On most of the newer garage door openers there is a little led light next to the learn button on the back of the opener. First you have to identify what is causing the interference. Led lights have drivers inside the bulbs which produce a field that interferes with the garage door preventing the door from opening. Aside from household appliance being housed near a cell phone tower or airports can also cause interference to your garage door opener.

Generally when it comes to garage door openers it s ensuring that you use a professional garage door service to minimize this from happening. 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 best option is to move the wireless router to the other side of the house furthest from the garage door openers motor. I have heard of this it is caused by the frequency interference.

Five neighbors on one cul de sac outside of st. Louis all had their garage door openers go haywire since christmas. There are several things that can be done to figure out where the interference originates. A cordless or cellular phone an am of fm radio or any electrical equipment that uses a radio signal to operate.

This thread suggests isolating the garage door opener from interfering devices by placing a 3 foot x 3 foot square of aluminum foil on the ceiling above the opener. If this is the case a new control panel may be your best bet. I m thinking the router s if intermediate frequency is close to the garage door s remote frequency and is causing interference. It looks like wireless interference is to blame and the effected families have.

Garage door openers operate by using radio waves similar to how a remote controlled car works.