Garage Door Opener And Led Bulb Interference

Standard bulbs over 100w cfl bulbs over 26w and halogen bulbs can all cause interference.

Garage door opener and led bulb interference.

Garage doors operate using frequencies between 28 and 360 mhz. Common led and cfl bulbs can emit interference that limits the range of garage door opener remotes. This genie led light bulb is specially designed for use in a garage door opener. Led lights have drivers inside the bulbs which produce a field that interferes with the garage door preventing the door from opening.

This is especially a concern with the rising adoption of led light bulbs whose drivers a part inside the bulb actively produce a field in a range that can interfere with garage doors. It is designed to reduce interference with the rf signal that other led bulbs suffer from. A list of recommended bulbs for liftmaster garage door openers can be found here. Newer opener systems are more likely to function with led bulbs and some manufacturers offer bulbs that have been tested for electromagnetic interference.

Some bulbs have been known to prevent garage doors from opening or even to open them on their own. In general better bulbs will emit less interference allowing your radio control signal to work properly. Vibration shatter resistent. Garage door openers operate by using radio waves similar to how a remote controlled car works.

Genie s led bulb designed specifically for garage door openers creates little or no radio frequency interference issues with most opener remotes. Garage door openers vibrate during operation and this has the potential to shorten the life of normal light bulbs used in the opener.