Neighbor Garage Door Opens Mine

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Neighbor garage door opens mine.

Same with your neighbor. This morning it happened again when my neighbor opens his garage door it opens mine again. Just reprogram your garage door s openers and it should be back to working order. Because two different garage doors can accidentally be programmed to the same channel your neighbors may be causing your garage door to open on its own.

Your neighbor s receiver happens to randomly operate whenever your unit s coding matches your neighbor s much broader coding range. The security features are codes that work on the 315mhz frequency. Five neighbors on one cul de sac outside of st. Every garage door opener ever built has means to reprogram it to avoid this issue.

It looks like wireless interference is to blame and the effected families have. When your neighbor uses their remote to open or close their door it may cause yours to open too. It may cost more or equal to the price of a new one to put upgrades to alleviate this problem. However with my garage door model no matter how long i hold it 6 seconds 15 seconds or even 1 min the led light stays on.

If your neighbors garage door remote is opening your garage door the first thing to do is reset the codes using the dip switches or learn button. To simplify it your opener may use code 001 out of 1million possible combinations. Louis all had their garage door openers go haywire since christmas. You need to obtain a manual for your opener and for your neighbor s opener.

If this does not fix the situation then you may need to replace the garage door opener or the circuit board to get to a different frequency. So one working the other is very strange statistically speaking. This is actually pretty important because your neighbor could accidentally leave your garage door open leaving you vulnerable to theft or worse make sure to lock the door from the garage to your house. Last shot offer to buy neighbor a shinny new remote with a fresh battery for his opener in exchange for his current remote.

And bingo your remote opens your neighbor s garage door along with your garage door. While you are waiting for an expert answer i did manage to find a link that will provide you with more information about your problem. I hope my link is useful. Any reasonable competent person.

If the frequency is the problem you re lucky you have an easy fix. Codes aren t erased and both my remotes can still work. Each time you use your remote control it seeds your receiver with new coding for the next operation.