Garage Door Opener And Led Bulb Interference

Common led and cfl bulbs can emit interference that limits the range of garage door opener remotes.

Garage door opener and led bulb interference.

Newer opener systems are more likely to function with led bulbs and some manufacturers offer bulbs that have been tested for electromagnetic interference. In general better bulbs will emit less interference allowing your radio control signal to work properly. Led lights can indeed interfere with garage door openers but a majority of instances are when an improper bulb is located within the garage. Garage doors operate using frequencies between 28 and 360 mhz.

Genie s led bulb is made of shatter vibration resistant materials and is tested to withstand 5g of shaking force which far exceeds normal garage door opener vibration force. Led lights have drivers inside the bulbs which produce a field that interferes with the garage door preventing the door from opening. This genie led light bulb is specially designed for use in a garage door opener. Garage door openers operate by using radio waves similar to how a remote controlled car works.

Standard bulbs over 100w cfl bulbs over 26w and halogen bulbs can all cause interference. A list of recommended bulbs for liftmaster garage door openers can be found here. 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. Some bulbs have been known to prevent garage doors from opening or even to open them on their own.

It is designed to reduce interference with the rf signal that other led bulbs suffer from. Vibration shatter resistent.