It STILL Goes Up On Its Own.

[sudsmaster]

As I understand it, newer openers may have more advanced remote controls, which, like newer cordless phones, give unique codes that are not easily duplicated.

I have read of thieves exploiting the ability to open older, unsecured garage doors to gain access to homes for purposes of burglary. So it might be a good idea to upgrade the opener for that reason alone. It's probably a good idea to have a locked door between an attached garage and the rest of the home.

 

[toggleswitch]

Thanks guys.

Mine is newer and has "intellicode" which changes the frequency with each use of the remote control.

My gagarge is detached, so access to the house would be by tunnel (so why bother, LOL) and the water-table here is quite high. They may drown first if they don't die of exhaustion.

It's definitely closing all the way, unobstructed. I check for tht now every time.

The events that trigger an "open sesame" appear to be quick dips followed by rapid increases in voltage or those micro-outages where you can count to three and the power is back. Does not appear to be longer intervals of black-outs.

 

[toggleswitch]

~If there is anything else on that circuit.

The garage is a separate circuit with only one "other" outddor receptacle on the side of the house that is not generally used.

 

[oldhouseman]

Steve Dear

That's from a comedy radio show from the late '70's, early 80"s I heard when I was in the army. There was a Dr. *forget his name* traveling medicine show that put on a fake southern accent and prayed while making overt references. Lift the door yourself (be a man part) and don't depend on a machine to do it for you. No offence intended, I thought you of all people would have heard that comedy show before. I will find the exact routine for you to listen to.

 

[nmaineman36]

In my neighborhood an open sandbox meant that the cats in the neighborhood used it. Not something that you want to be playing in.... 5 dollars huh to make ya hollar...wow Toggles you are cheap..with the gas prices the way they are thats like a gallon and a half of gas...hmm gas ...hollar...I am torn.Oh so torn. Its hard for a girl to make a living on her back these days...and at my age I am just glad I can get back up off my knees...just sayin..lol.

 

[peterh770]

I don't suppose you have a surge protection strip on it? It might help keep it down...

 

[toggleswitch]

Now where are my red sweat-pants?

LOL. So we are all sisters again? MAHVELOUS!

oh Greg how the F*** do I know who has potentially fallen off their meds routine? LOL

My apologies, I'm a bit stressed out. I didn't THINK that was you speaking. I'm sorry. My nipples are all sore, and I'm cranky and..... OMG Aunt-flo is here again.

I have company.

BYE!

 

[whirlcool]

Look in the owners manual for your opener and see if there is a way to change the code on your opener. On some units it's a set of DIP switches on the opener and the remote.
You could also put a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) unit on the line to the opener. That would definitely stop the voltage fluctuations. You can find some cheap ones for under $100.

 

[oxydolfan1]

Toggle, my apologies to anyone who may have mentioned this already, and I'm not real hip to these devices, but it is possible it's a fail-safe of some sort, so, in the event of a blackout, you could ESCAPE your garage?

If there's an emergency switch or something, forget I even brought it up.

I was just thinking, I've been in a lot of houses lately, where the garage is attached to the house, but there is no connecting door.

 

[volvoguy87]

Garage...

Long ago, I think some garage door openers operated with remote controls which operated on a UHF frequency. This particular frequency was close to a frequency used by airplane pilots (I don't know if it was military or regular) but near airports, some garage door openers would activate from overlapping frequencies.

Additionally, could there be a short of some sort in the opener's receiver that would cause it to activate on an much weaker "signal" than normal? Also, does this happen only when you're home, or also when you're away? If it's only when you're home, it may be a faulty clicker in your car.

Good luck,
Dave

 

[oxydolfan1]

Toggles, how is the market right now, in your part of Nassau?

 

[retro-man]

Oldhouseman. The name of the show I believe was Dr. Dimento. I used to listen to this on Sunday nights while driving from NH to NJ. Quite entertaining. Wish it was still on.
Jon

 

[cehalstead]

you must have been stressed.....

...because you missed the whole point of my "bewitching" statement.....Samantha was accused by Darrin of using witchcraft to open/close garage door, but the opener was really being activated by a low-flying plane. I thought that surely one of us fans would have picked up on my intent......oh, well......lol.....

 

[neptunebob]

There was an episode of Bewitched when Darren ends up having to buy a garage door opener (he didn't want to spend the money) because Samantha was using witchcraft to open the door and Mrs. Kravitz saw it, so he had to have an un-witchcraft explanation.

Oxy, with our garage door opener there was a rope that had a knob on it that would pull that disconnected the "trolley" from the chain, so that you could pull up the garage door. We don't have an opener anymore because ours was unsafe (it crushed a roll of paper towels). So far, none of us has really missed it, but we can't get a car in the garage anyway!

 

[toggleswitch]

Oh yes I do like having an emergency release.

~you must have been stressed........because you missed the whole point of my "bewitching" statement.

LOL. Sorry "intelligent" does not appear on my resume anywhere! And its not "witchcraft" in my case, it's "bitchcraft!"

OXY my garage has a "people" door as well as a drive-through overhead door, and I do have the thingie described above with a knob at the end.

 

[toggleswitch]

~Toggles, how is the market right now, in your part of Nassau (county)?

Dare I say it, but it's quite soft at the moment.

Say your prayers boys and girls and girly-boys. There are two bites towards getting this house sold [at a profit!] at the moment.

 

[toggleswitch]

Maybe this will keep it down.

 

[toggleswitch]

Let's try that again!

 

[toggleswitch]

flip side

 

[rp2813]

Steve, we had this same problem--sort of. Turned out to be a bad remote control with a nearly broken contact that was sometimes touching when it shouldn't. Replaced the remote and problem was solved.

Maybe you have an issue with a remote or your wired switch? Just throwing it out there since I haven't seen this mentioned yet.

Mmmmmmm... sore nipples! My favorite condition!