Neighbor Garage Door Opens Mine

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.

Neighbor garage door opens mine.

Louis all had their garage door openers go haywire since christmas. Each time you use your remote control it seeds your receiver with new coding for the next operation. It may cost more or equal to the price of a new one to put upgrades to alleviate this problem. Every garage door opener ever built has means to reprogram it to avoid this issue.

Codes aren t erased and both my remotes can still work. The security features are codes that work on the 315mhz frequency. I hope my link is useful. Having your garage door open with the remote of your neighbors sounds dangerous since your door can randomly open or close out of nowhere.

Five neighbors on one cul de sac outside of st. When your neighbor uses their remote to open or close their door it may cause yours to open too. This morning it happened again when my neighbor opens his garage door it opens mine again. Electric garage doors make our everyday lives easier.

Same with your neighbor. Your neighbor s receiver happens to randomly operate whenever your unit s coding matches your neighbor s much broader coding range. So one working the other is very strange statistically speaking. And bingo your remote opens your neighbor s garage door along with your garage door.

You probably have a very old opener that uses dip switches a row of tiny numbered switches to set the code. 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 the frequency is the problem you re lucky you have an easy fix. Last shot offer to buy neighbor a shinny new remote with a fresh battery for his opener in exchange for his current remote.

To simplify it your opener may use code 001 out of 1million possible combinations. Any reasonable competent person. Just reprogram your garage door s openers and it should be back to working order. It looks like wireless interference is to blame and the effected families have.

You need to obtain a manual for your opener and for your neighbor s opener. If the new one opens his door and does not also open yours then remove the battery from his get a hammer and take turns smashing the old one offer said neighbor a beer and have one yourself for a job well done. 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.