I got some weird crap happening in my garage, I need your help.

[fast droptop]

Long story short just built a house and moved in a few weeks back. Got Sears to install two garage door openers last week. I went out the other day to use the keypad outside the garage and nothing happened so I grabbed the remote out of the outside van and pressed to find out it doesnt work so I got the other 3 from inside the house and still nothing. Ok it gets stranger. I go and press my remote to my SS that's sitting in the garage and wham nothing happens so I get the remote to the van sitting outside my garage and nothing happens there either. I try to reprogram the keypad and remotes and it all looks like it worked but still nothing. I move the SS and the van down the street and the remotes to the cars work again but when I get the cars to the house they stop. Hope someone can figure this one out for me lol.
Thanks,
Matt

[67CamaroRSSS]

Magnetic anomally? Ghosts in the machine? Stars in the wrong alignment? IDK, hard to tell.

[0rion]

definitely sounds like some kind of electrical interference to me. Anything odd around the house at all? Other new builds nearby where people would be working? I ran into this years ago with my garage door voluntarily raising whenever it felt like it. It ended up being due to some construction nearby. After they finished up it never happened again.

[fast droptop]

Their building about 5 house down on both sides but thats close as they have been.

[0rion]

the construction that was messing with my stuff was probably .25 to .5 miles away. After they finished up everything went back to normal. It sounds like interference to me. I'm pretty sure they make a scanner that'll detect that kinda thing. Not positive but seems like I read about it somewhere several years ago.

[ArcticZ06]

Yeah it sounds like maybe something else is using the same frequencies that your remotes use. Still weird though. You would think they would work better when they're close to your house since the signal would be strongest. Maybe your sensors are messed up that detect when something is under the door. Have you tried messing with them? I couldnt get my garage to close once and it was driving me freakin crazy.....couples leaves went in front of the sensor!

[basballny2]

ghosts

[Bobby97SS]

My 12 yo garage door opener works perfecly evey time I use it but he bitches about it if its raining.

[B34M3R]

Did I read that right where you said the KEYLESS to your vehicles arent working close to the house? Or are you referring to the garage remotes still? Either way, it sounds like the problem is EMI(electro-magnetic-interferance)... one is just more severe of a problem than the other.

Are they working on any electrical lines? Using any equipment that would draw a lot of power? Running generators? Really crappy looking(old) heavy machinery?

Also... do you hear any static in your radios in the area it doesnt work? AM and/or FM? If you were lucky, you could carry a radio with you, and use the static to hot/cold the location of the interferance. It might not be severe enough to cause audible static however... it wouldnt take much to scramble the freq on your door opener enough not to work.

Are there any power lines that run closer to your garage then the place where they work right? If there is, take a look at it and see if any of the insulation is damaged looking. (don't try to climb a pole or anything dumb like that, just look) If it is, then call your power company, because that needs to be fixed like ASAP. High levels of EMI are banned by the FCC ... who/whatever is causing it could get fined.


Why do I know so much about this you ask? Once upon a time I made a EMI generator that took out the radios on my entire block.... for a science project. It was awesome!

[fast droptop]

You read right both keyless remotes and garage door openers don't work. Now the keypad in the garage as you come into it opens both doors just not the keypad outside the garage. I'll try the radio thing and see if I pick up any interference. Thanks

Did I read that right where you said the KEYLESS to your vehicles arent working close to the house? Or are you referring to the garage remotes still? Either way, it sounds like the problem is EMI(electro-magnetic-interferance)... one is just more severe of a problem than the other.

Are they working on any electrical lines? Using any equipment that would draw a lot of power? Running generators? Really crappy looking(old) heavy machinery?

Also... do you hear any static in your radios in the area it doesnt work? AM and/or FM? If you were lucky, you could carry a radio with you, and use the static to hot/cold the location of the interferance. It might not be severe enough to cause audible static however... it wouldnt take much to scramble the freq on your door opener enough not to work.

Are there any power lines that run closer to your garage then the place where they work right? If there is, take a look at it and see if any of the insulation is damaged looking. (don't try to climb a pole or anything dumb like that, just look) If it is, then call your power company, because that needs to be fixed like ASAP. High levels of EMI are banned by the FCC ... who/whatever is causing it could get fined.


Why do I know so much about this you ask? Once upon a time I made a EMI generator that took out the radios on my entire block.... for a science project. It was awesome!

[red99ws6]

got to be something on the same frequency. i saw on tv a couple years ago where people would get a few different garage door openers and go through neigborhoods trying them out going down the street to see which doors would open and break into the houses. those garage door openers only have about 15-20 different frequencies so it is easy to get your to open someone elses or to have yours interfered with

[nytmare]

Do you live anywhere near a military base? The military owns the frequencies that garage door opens work on. The military (in the past) never used them much, but in recent years some bases have started using them or using them more frequently. I read an article not long ago that said that the military was going to start using the frequencies more often and that it would have an effect on garage door openers.

Marc

[ss~zoso~ss]

My 12 yo garage door opener works perfecly evey time I use it but he bitches about it if its raining.

thats a good one

[Smkn_TA]

Construction worker walkie talkies use the same frequency.

[hutch1999]

My 12 yo garage door opener works perfecly evey time I use it but he bitches about it if its raining.

lol i dont think to many people caught that