How to increase garage door opener range step 1.
Garage door opener range issue.
Avoid frustration with your garage door by knowing the many sources of radio interference that may be preventing your garage door remote from working.
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Replace the battery or batteries in the remote control.
Place a stepladder at the area of the garage door.
First be sure the issue is not with the range of the remotes being reduced by some form of interference.
Make sure that the antenna on the motor unit is hanging downward and is not damaged in any way.
Improve the performance of an opener and increase the range by adding an antenna extension that you can buy online or at electronics outlets.
This is related to the up limit switch.
The batteries provide the power to send the signal.
It s important to get this switch at just the right distance from the motor so that the door is able to close all the way but the motor also knows to stop running.
I know that it is very frustrating to have issues with your garage door opener.
Many different electronic devices can cause radio frequency interference which will reduce the range of the garage door opener remote or cause it to work intermittently.
Simple but true the remote transmitter needs power to send a signal to your opener.
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It s a good thing we can only hear a limited range of audio frequencies 20hz to 20 000hz because if we did hear everything in the radio frequency range it would drive us crazy.
Remove obstructions between the remote control and the door.
Modern garage door openers are essentially small radios that operate at about 315mh and a few feet of extra distance can affect the signal.
If pressing the button on your garage door s remote control doesn t work check the batteries first.
Step by step process of elimination is the best way to determine what is causing the decreased range on the garage door opener remote.
T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener.