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Clear the codes. My guess is that a neighbor is using a remote with the same code as you. This happened to my sister.
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You remember that commercial on TV, where the guy keeps flicking (what appears to be light switche switches on the wall in his house, while the neighbour's garage door keeps on opening and closing....
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change the code at the unt some you unplug some use dp swtches
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Good Idea.
Now that you mention it, I remember having a wired button that didn't disengage completely after the button was pressed. I had some random openings because of it. I took it apart and...
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Trouble understanding this...
Do you mean you have a motion sensor light socket in the opener itself, where a normal bulb would go or a separate light apart from the opener. This could be your...
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On that note, you might want to try disconnecting the safety sensor. I know many openers will still function with the sensor disconnected (especially older ones), but some may not. I wouldn't be a...
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If it only happens when there is battery inside any of the remote controls nearby while the temperature is low and high humidity, it's probably the old switches underneath the remote control buttons....
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Clear all the codes and reprogram them all (all the transmitters). Usually you hold the red button in for like 30 seconds and it clears them all out.
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sounds like its either a battery in a remote or the receiver on the unit itself is going boinkers.
i remember reading a while (couple of years back) back that certain military radio frequencies...
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Openers? Like beer bottle or wine bottle openers? :bounce:
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Explaining in greater detail what you meant with about the motion light and how things are connected helps a lot. I was meaning to ask for a better explanation of what you meant. It's possible that...
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That tells me interference from the motion sensor light socket is getting into the opener, either through the AC line, the radio receiver circuitry, or the wiring for the wall pushbutton or optical...
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Also, if you have to resort to deprogramming it to make it stop, you can use an aftermarket receiver in place of what's built into the opener (at that point I'd clip the antenna too). Like this:...
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When I was in the army, we had so many avionics on board our helicopter it seemed to trigger some openers as we'd fly overhead :0)
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i like the temporary solution of plugging the garage door opener into a remote controlled unit, like a xmas light remote. thats a good second layer of protection!
lamp remote controlls
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Its rolling code as i stated. 1 in a billion for a neighbor to have the same code. Its not the old dipswitch technology.
Heres an update. I took my 3 remotes and wireless keypad batteries out....
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I really appreciate the replies. Both were very helpful. The opener is a lift master professional line. I think its date stamped '92 which is why i was confused about the lack of dipswitches and...
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http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/asktoh/question/0,,1172075,00.html
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Try disconnecting the wired button inside the garage, it's possible there's a short.
Try deprogramming the opener (erase all transmitters) and don't reprogram for a few days.
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Trying to keep this short to appease the loungers.
My garage door opens randomly by itself. I live in a townhouse subdivision so there are lots of garages close by. I checked and the opener has...
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they should have a checks and balance system on both the remotes and local switch panel where you have to press 2 buttons to open the door. that way there wouldnt be any false triggers with just one...
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Ive removed the batteries from all my remotes except my homelink remote on my cars mirror because its gone up and down without my car home...so we will see if it activates.
I think ill remove the...
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If the problem still occurs after you follow Dealgate's suggestion to clear the codes and reprogram the remotes, I wouldn't rule out the wall pushbutton or its wiring. I don't mean any security...
