EASY: Garage Door Opener Not Working or Intermittent Fix
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LED lightbulbs are great BUT....they may cause your garage door openers to stop working. See all the details in this video. If this video doesn't help, try reprogramming your garage door remotes. Here is a link showing how to do that. • EASY FIX: Garage Door ...
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TightWadDI
Thanks so much. I appreciate the link, but $18 for ONE bulb!? I think I'll keep looking.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just moved to a new house so I reprogrammed the keypad code, changed the remote batteries and replaced a blown bulb. Of course, I used a nice bright energy-efficient LED bulb. Ever since, I've been racking my brains over the same problem. I had noticed that there was a time delay but I hadn't tied it to the time-out on the lights.
I’m glad you got it figured out!
Wow, you described the issue I was having exactly, down to the same opener and the same LED bulbs. Insanity. Thanks man!
Peter Kimmich You are welcome. I’m glad you found the video. It’s such a frustrating issue but thankfully the fix is simple. Be sure to subscribe.
Wooooowwww… I am an aircraft mechanic and couldn’t believe that this problem was eluding me. After 18 months of living in my new house, I was able to fix the issue thanks to you. Lightbulbs would have never crossed my mind 💡
It took me 3-4 weeks to figure it out so don’t feel bad! I would have never suspected light bulb interference.
Watched 3 other "fix" videos before I got to yours. THANK YOU! You were the first to mention anything about LED light bulbs. Had a FEIT brand LED bulb installed originally. Removed it and replaced it with a cheap LED bulb from Walmart. INSTANT FIX. Everything works perfectly. Couldn't be happier. You are my new best friend.
That’s great! I’m glad you found the fix!
I have battled this for 2 months thinking I somehow broke the receiving antenna! You solved my problem. Thanks for this video!
Pete Hagan I’m sorry you didn’t find the video sooner! I’m glad it’s fixed now though. You are very welcome.
The power of the internet.....you're a genius, been dealing with this since we got our new opener. Problem solved! Thanks man!
Nicholas Clark I’m glad I was able to help. Congrats on getting it working again.
OMG! I've been battling this for months now. I placed a bulb in my front porch light that's next to my keypad, Couldn't figure out why this was happening all a sudden. I literally was walking out the door to replace the keypad when I stumbled on your post, THANK YOU!
Yes! I’m so glad you found my video first!
What a helpful fellow! Once I removed the plastic cover, I saw that the bulb I had in place was the twisty (fluorescent? LED?) sort of bulb which was flickering slightly. When I removed it, all remotes worked. When I replaced it with a 60 watt old school incandescent bulb (the kind that used to cost like 25 cents) all remotes worked. To double check, I reinstalled the twisty bulb. No remotes worked. I removed twisty bulb and reinstalled the old school incandescent. All remotes worked.
Case closed! THANK YOU!
Yes! I’m glad you got it worked again. It’s such an odd issue. You’re welcome.
You are awesome! THANK YOU for posting this! My husband installed LED bulbs and that was around the time when I noticed that I could not close my garage from my car after pulling out of the garage! I was ready to give up! The garage door opener worked though. Your video described my exact frustrations!!!
Stefanie Kuhnhausen I’m glad you found the video! Feel free to share on social media so friends don’t have the same frustrations!
I replaced a burned out light bulb in my garage opener with new LED bulb and the remotes for the opener quit working and I never correlated the led bulb with the remote controls not working. I thought the mother board went out - wrong. Replaced the led bulb with a standard bulb and the problem was solved - both openers worked again. You saved me $300 and about 4 hours work installing a new opener. THANK YOU VERY MUCH - YOUR VIDEO WAS SPOT ON
Alan Sanders You are welcome. I went through the same process before figuring it out.
I almost replaced whole opener... I gotta try this tomorrow. Thank you.
Seil Cho Hopefully this is all your issue is also! You can just PayPal me the money you were going to spend! Haha.
Thanks, your post was Right On!!!! I’m going nuts on how to overcome this issue and now I replaced the bulbs it all work like magic 🎉
Glad it helped
Thank you so much for putting that video on TH-cam. You hit the nail on the head! I spent several hours yesterday trying to figure it out with five different transmitters. Removing the LED lights fixed it immediately. I’m on my way to buy incandescent a. Thank you again!
Same issue, same garage door opener. I don’t want to admit how long I’ve had the issue! Thank you! FYI, the 4-pack affiliate link doesn’t work. I used the 1-pack link but ordered a 2-pack. I hope you still get credit!
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll find a new link. I’m glad you got yours working again!
I really appreciate this one. I just got new Chamberlain door openers and they didn't work correctly. Could not program them etc. I found your youtube and race out and removed the LED bulbs i put it. BINGO. Everything works. Thanks Buddy!!!!!!
Yes! I’m glad you found the video. It was so annoying!
Thanks for the video! You solved my issue. Amazon has a whole bunch of LED bulbs for sale now designed to work with garage door openers. They claim to minimize RF interference.
Yes. At the time to recording there was only one I could find. I haven’t tried the ones from Amazon brands because my Genie brand are still working!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I recently installed a new Chamberlain B4505T Garage Door Opener and experienced the exact same problems that you described with the remotes and wireless keypad. I removed the LED light bulbs and now the remotes and keypad work perfectly! I never would have thought about the light bulbs being the cause of the problem. Great work, and thanks again!
R. Thomas, Charlotte
That’s great!
Dude, I was racking my brain looking at several different ways to fix the EXCACT same problem. So glad your video came up in my feed, you saved me time and money! BTW, yours was by far the easiest way to solve the problem. Thank you.
If an LED bulb does not turn out to be the problem, it may be caused by a bad capacitor on the power board. The capacitor that goes bad costs about 50 cents. However to install a new board may cost $75 for the part and $100 for labor. This problem is more likely in older models of garage door openers.
@@lincolnsecond7179 Thanks for the additional info, but when I turn the light to the opener off the door opens normally. When the light is on, the door won't open. Your info is much appreciated, just in case the bulb doesn't solve the problem.
Great! I’m glad this worked for you!
Just thought you would appreciate this. I've been fartin' around with my 6yr old Craftsman for 2 days now. It started acting up all of a sudden. Mainly the remotes would work close up but not out on the street. Get on You Tube right away and started watching the many helpful videos and started troubleshooting my butt off, even pulled the electronics boards out to check the solder points. Floated a few points that looked like they needed attention. Absolutely no change! Convinced that the problem had to be in circuit boards, I went to Sears Parts, to order new ones, and right there 1st page is a reference to RF interference discribing my very problem. Security lites, Ham radios, and "other electronics" can cause interference with the remotes. SOOO.... I start shutting off everything that could possibly be affecting RF. No help. Even asked my neighbors if they got any new toys for Xmas, to no avail. Sat down in the garage with a bottle and started to think what else it might possibly be. Then it dawns on me, the only thing I had done was install one of those 49.99 strap on your mirror video cams, I got from my son-in-law for Xmas. Pulled the car out, parked it on the street, BINGO!!! Everything is working fine. I can't help but wonder how many people out there have installed these things in their car and are now having the same problem. Hope this helps somebody else as I can now relax and enjoy my wine knowing I know all there is to know about garage door openers!!!
Live hand grenade That’s great to know. Thank you for sharing. I will be sure to share this info with others when the LEDs bulbs isn’t the issue.
When you say "pulled the car out, parked it on the street": Are you saying that the distance the dash cam is away from the garage door is the issue? So I can potentially try to set up my Homelink system when my car is parked further away from the garage, or that I need to unplug my dash cam in order to set up the Homelink device?
That's the same problem I've been having; when I leave the garage, I stop on the driveway and hit the remote, and the door closes about 90% of the time, but coming back home, it's random -- sometimes I can get it to open from fifty feet up the cul-de-sac, sometimes from the end of the driveway, and sometimes I have to be backed up to just outside the garage before it responds. Since I don't have any non-OEM electronics in my car, this leads me to either the remote circuit in the opener going or RFI out on the street drowning out the remote's signal.
Unreal!!! This is the exact same issue I’m having. Opens just find but won’t close. Thank you so much, my frustration with my garage door is over! Got rid of the LED bulb!!!!!
Yes! I’m glad you found the video. If you do want to use an LED bulb, I have a link to the Genie brand bulbs in the description. They are made to work with garage door openers.
O..M..G the same happened to me. The light went out and replaced it with an LED type and door wouldn’t close. Removed the LED with a new CFL bulb and problem fixed. So happy I found your video. Thank you.
That’s great! I’m glad you found the video to fix this annoying issue! Tell your friends.
What a fix!
In my case I introduced two things at once LED bulbs & configuring second remote. So I was so tunnel visioned on the extra remote and honestly could have never thought of LED lights!
Thank you so much. Next step is to watch your video in fixing a noisy garage door.
Z Syed I wouldn’t have figured it out because I would have thought the same thing you did! I’m glad you found my video.
Thank you so much! I just replaced the old, blown out bulbs and used LED bulbs. Sure enough the opener wouldn't work closing the garage door. 2 weeks of frustration and a quick internet search lead me to your video. Changed out the bulbs back to the old fashioned ones and voilà, works like a charm!
Kaya J I’m glad you stumbled across my video. Genie makes an LED bulb now that works in garage door openers.
100% We have Hondas and a genie garage door opener and the same damn problem. Removed the led bulbs works perfect now. Huge Thank You!
That’s great!
Oh my god, that is it!!!! I replaced a bulb with an LED a few weeks ago, and I have been so frustrated for weeks. I was about to replace the whole unit. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
shephund Haha. You aren’t the only one who has felt this way. Genie makes an LED bulbs that will work with most openers.
You are a genius. I have been dealing with this for months. This was my issue as well that we had an LED bulb in it. I changed the bulb and it now works,
Randall Cooper I’m glad I was able to help. It drove me nuts for a few weeks before I finally figured it out. I couldn’t find any documentation online either.
Thank you by switching the bulbs actually work for me
Glad I could help
OMG, why couldn't I have found this video 3 hours ago! After all the trouble shooting, this finishing did the trick. Thank you!
Max Burgess I’m glad you figured it out in only 3 hours. This took me about 3 weeks to figure out!
I cannot WAIT to try this.. this is EXACTLY our issue. Hooray, this has to be the solution. Thank you!!!
I really hope it fixes your issue too!
You sir are a gentleman, scholar, and most important, a good guy. Changed out the bulb for an old style, and it worked like a charm. Thank you!!!
Yes! I’m glad you found the video. It was such a frustrating issue. I appreciate the undeserved accolades also! Merry Christmas.
Awesome, problem solved!!! Thanks for the video, you saved me from more frustration trying to figure out the problem. I installed LED bulbs in my garage and that was the culprit.
I’m glad you found the video! I wish everyone could see this to avoid the frustration!
I had this issue after replacing older cfl tube lights with led fixtures. Sporadic issues, and my opener would sometimes work with the lights on, but unreliable at best. I since moved the led ceiling fixtures to a different switch which I only use when I need additional light in my garage for projects. Thank you sir! I thank you for the time you spent making this video!
Ian Caldwell I’m glad you were able to fix your issue. Be sure to subscribe!
Holy crappity crap crap! This gets my vote for the best video ever on the internet. Never has anything helped me more than this other than my vasectomy. This was exactly my problem. Noticed the opener stopped working shortly after replacing the lightbulb with an LED bulb. It did work when I got home at night, because the light was off. The more you talked in your video, the more I could not believe that this was EXACTLY the problem I was having. Thanks so much for this video. I will now go back and let this video play on a loop without skipping the adverts in hopes this helps you even a bit :)
Thanks!
JimmyJavalog Your comment made me laugh. Just call me Dr. Tightwad. I’m glad you found the video and appreciate you offering to not skip the ads!
WOW!!! my LED bulb blocked the transmitter too! Just like you said. I unscrewed the LED bulb and the opener worked great. Changed the bulb and I had no more problems.
That’s great!
This is exactly the problem I was having-remote wouldn’t work on my way out of the garage when the light was on, but worked fine when I returned and lights were off. I replaced them with incandescent bulbs and remotes work fine. I have now ordered special LED “garage” bulbs that supposedly eliminate the interference. Thanks!
Nice! Yes. I use the Genie brand bulbs for garage door openers and they work great.
This video ended more than a year of frustration. Thank you!
I’m so glad you found the video! I know that had to be a really frustrating time!
Thank you so much! I thought the problem was with my remotes and unfortunately ordered 2 new ones which didn’t solve the problem. You really made my day, thank you again!
Friggen amazing man. I was trying to think in my head what the correlation was with mine, and it makes so much sense now. Appreciate you.
Edwin Brodmarkle I’m glad you found the video! It was so frustrating at first.
This is just what the doctor ordered. Works like a charm. Funny thing is, my wife said it's the new led light bulbs to replace the old tungsten. But I thought no way because the problem didn't show up for at least 4 months later. But I have been proven wrong. Thanks for posting this is great info and my wife says " Ha! I told you so."
RT Charles Haha. Don’t you hate it when they are right?!? I’m glad you stumbled onto my video. Genie makes LED bulbs that work with most openers. I made a follow up video showing them.
This solved my problem & saved me $500! Thanks!!
That’s great! I’ll take 10% 😂😂
I work for a garage door business and we see this all the time! They actually make shielded LED bulbs that you can buy specifically for your garage. We have also seen it happen when lights outside of the garage are replaced with LED bulbs.
Juliana Stewart I bet you do! Genie actually reached out to me concerning their LED bulbs and they worked great! Thanks for confirming the issue.
@@TightWadDIY This is good to know! We live in CA and you can't buy incandescent bulbs here anymore! Thanks for referencing a brand that will work!
Not only that I purchased and installed a LED light fixture with a built-in security camera and I found out that the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi signal that most cameras use also can interfere with the garage door opener.
Thank you. That may be the problem for me. Replaced light bulbs few days ago and every time I leave the house and lights are On when trying to close the door lights just blinks few times but not close. Never had this problem before. Also works OK when lights are Off and just opening the door. I noticed this happens just when lights are On and trying to close the door. I’ll try to buy different bulbs. I think they sell now LED bulbs special for garage door!
They do sell special bulbs now! Get you some!
I spent HOURS trying to figure out what was up with my garage door. It was driving me insane. I gave up and decided to query the internet gods. And low and behold this fixed my issue right away!! Thank you!!!!
I spent hours as well and couldn’t find ANY information. I just figured it out after pondering for several weeks. That’s why I knew I had to make this video. Now I see there are other videos about it as well. I’m glad it worked for you too.
Darn... I though with this video I had it licked, but no such luck. Looks like I'll be calling the repairman. Both our controls worked less and less frequently over the last few months. Both will still open the door, but won't close it. I had replaced the bulb with a 100 watt led, so was way hopeful, after replacing it with a standard old style bulb. The door opened perfectly, but still won't close. Have cleaned the antenna, and door sensors. Guess I'm stuck with making the call. Thanks for the very useful video. Looks like it helped a Whole Lot Of People!!!
What was wrong with your door opener? What did they do to fix it?
@@inewton2060 I tried everything I could find, here and at other sources, but nothing worked. A very highly recommended, local garage door guy came and evaluated it. I'm told that our now 16 year old garage door opener needs a new circuit board. Looks like that will run about $200, as opposed to closer to $500 for a replacement. I had already, myself, replaced the chain sprocket (which is the other major thing that goes wrong with Liftmaster), so replacing the circuit board is the route I'm going. Waiting for it to be delivered. I'll make a point of updating after installed, as to whether or not it does the trick!
@@skipfires thank you for the update
You just saved my garage door openers life! I was just about to “fix it” with my hammer... and found your video. Thank you, thank you.
doc3379 You are welcome. I was at the point as well when I discovered the issue.
I wish I had found your video months ago. I have exactly the same setup and I came to the same conclusion. When I changed the LED lightbulb to another one, the Door Opener works fine. Strangely, the LEB bulb I replaced was a light bulb made by IKEA. I speculate that the light bulb was made for Europe which has 50hz outlets.
It’s such an annoying problem isn’t it? Some LEDs do seem to cause less interference than others. Genie makes one that works fine.
Thank you! This worked for us. Had the same issue and your video was the solution we needed. We have passed this onto a friend who is having the same issue and it resolved it for him as well! Crazy something so simple is the fix!
Kristen Freidinger Great! I’m glad you found the video. It was such a frustrating problem. Spread the word.
First thank you for the videos they really do help. We learn something new everyday. I will go check my light bulb soon. I'm a little tired from going up and down the ladder trying to figure this out. I have a LiftMaster on the wall and the remote I don't know the brand of garage door opener but I know where the buttons are. This happened once before and I had to replace the whole remote system. My garage door will not close when I use the remote. Then occasionally it refuses to close when I use the wall mount, unless I keep my finger on the button, but not all the time.
I have unplugged the garage door closer to let it reset I have checked the sensors also changed the setting for downward pressure to higher I have replaced the battery in the remote "before and after battery replacement I noticed remote light is yellow" I don't know what that means. I will look at your other videos I don't know if you respond to these comments or if you watch them anymore any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hopefully you can get it working again!
You are the man! Had troubles ever since I replaced bulb with led. Had no idea of what was causing interference. Thanks again!
Mike Scherer You are welcome. Check out the Genie LED bulbs. They worked great on mine.
Thanks mate! I did everything from changing my wifi to changing the keypad but it never worked.
And finally your video was the lightbulb moment…
Yes! I worked on mine for two weeks before discovering the issue!
This is legit! I was having the same problem, could open the garage from the street almost 100ft away but very intermittently couldn't get it to close less than 20 ft away. Unscrewed the LED light bulb and it works with every button press!!
Michael Pritchett Yes! I’m glad you found the video! It is such an annoying problem. Tell all of your friends!
Perfect! After changing batteries in my remote with no success, then recoding the the remote and still no success, I was baffled. Changing the LED's back to the old incandescent bulbs worked perfectly. Thanks!
Dave Kerton I went through the same process before I figured it out! They do sell LED bulbs that work with garage door openers. Genie is the brand I ended up using.
Great Video, changed batteries , reprogrammed the cars, nothing worked...until I switched out the bulb, works great! Thanx
M Carrell Glad I was able to help. It was very frustrating! Look for the Genie LED bulbs at your hardware store. They are supposed to work fine.
No LED bulb in there, just the reg bulb 60W but my daughter said the same thing maybe I should put another bulb in. Will try that and pray it works, will let you know and Thank You So Much, your the only one finally came across that talked about the light bulb problem. I've been searching for a while. So thank you from our hearts. Will let you know.
Cindy RSDU Here is an idea. Take out the bulb(s) completely and see if the problem still occurs. This will tell you for sure if it's the bulbs or an issue somewhere else.
You are my hero, even though you are a Georgia fan (Roll Tide). Thank you so much. That fixed my problem. I must have searched for hours. Thank you so much.
Glad I could help! Go Dawgs!
Amazing! Who would have thought an LED would cause this! Fixed my problem straight away - Thank you!
Ken Openshaw That’s great news! I’m glad you found the video. Be sure to subscribe!
Interesting that yesterday I changed out old light bulb and garage door would not close with remote. I will put an old light bulb in today. Thanks for your video.
I’m glad you found the video so quickly!
So aggravating. Same issue with the LED bulb. Changed it with and old one and it works fine. Thank you!
Definitely! It was quite frustrating!
Unbelievable!! I’ve spent numerous times trying to program a new vehicle. It just so happened I put new LED bulbs in when going to program the new car. The other remotes worked but very poorly. I looked up several videos with all kinds of advice. None worked. Watched your video removed bulbs and success!! Thanks!!
Brian Schindler It is such a frustrating issue to solve! I’m glad you found my video. Feel free to share it with your friends because most people will run into this issue!
I never knew that I had to have a BULB in the socket. I have a bulb where my brain is supposed to be! The thing would work when it wanted to. You saved me a lot of aggravation. I'd send you a couple bucks for your enthusiasm on sharing your knowledge but you obviously have a nicer crib than I do. I finally found a place for a green light bulb thats been sitting around useless. Thanks a heap. New subscriber fer sure dude.
Jeffrey Kuhn Haha. I’m glad you were able to fix yours. It’s a frustrating problem for sure. I’ve worked hard for this crib. Full time job and two side hustles.
Awesome! I was having the exact same problem. Thank you for taking the time and sharing this simple solution.
I’m glad you found the video. It was really frustrating at first.
Thank you very much I just give up for two months untill see your video. You are a great.
VICKY YU I know it was frustrating! I’m glad you found my video and were able to get yours working again.
Mystery solved.....simple....just replace with regular bulb and works 1000%. I am tired of pressing the garage door opener 10 times as well as clip board panel did not work. So happy......thanks for posting.
Alkesh Desai You are welcome! There is an LED option that works with most openers. Look for GENIE brand LED. I switched to them and they work great. They are also rated for outdoor use which is a plus.
Thank you !!! You preserved the sanity I have left!!!! damn LED bulbs . That video describes exactly what I’ve been experiencing and the methods to try to fix.
Fernando Davidez You are so welcome. This was one of the most frustrating issues I’ve had as a home owner!
Thank you so much!!! Was fighting our opener for years was just about to buy a new one..IT WAS THE LED BULB... LOL 🤣
Thank you, thank you, thank you.and a double bravo- You solve my garage door opener problem at my home. I am an Electrical Engineer PE that specifies lights on houses and buildings. I will be sure not to use LED lights on or near garage door openers. Led lights can be great for saving energy usage but a problem for other usages. I am using blue blocker Glasses for protecting my eyes from the LED blue light illumination too.
I’m glad to hear the video helped you too.
Never have I heard this! Excellent!
I was really annoyed with it for several weeks. Never thought it would be the bulbs.
Omg worked perfectly❤️❤️❤️!!! This was driving us nuts
I’m glad you found the video! It was an annoying issue for sure!
Wow unbelievable. That issue has been so annoying. Never thought it would have to do with the led bulb. Problem fixed. Thanks!!
Daniel Choi Right?! It’s crazy but that’s definitely the issue! Be sure to subscribe!
Great video! I've been having the same problem you described! I suspected RF interference, specifically the new power meter they installed last summer! They are known to cause interference problems! Would you believe, I gave up troubleshooting the day and was closing the light cover on the door operator when I noticed the LED bulb! Hmm, I wonder! Time to check out TH-cam. Bingo - I found your video! Back out to the garage to remove the LED bulbs - the door opened on the first try. However, it still wasn't working as good as it previously did! So next I switched off all the garage lights (nearly all LED lights of one type or another, and that made the difference! Thank you for taking the time to make and upload this video.
Don Stanley I’m glad you discovered the issue and found my video. Check out the Genie LED bulbs. They worked great for me.
THANK YOU omg this solved our issue right away after many months of frustration.
Yes! I’m glad you found the video! It was so frustrating! You are welcome. Make sure you subscribe!
Man!! Thanks I just changed the bulb with LED and thus start happening. Was just about to call the repairman but thought to my self let me check TH-cam and VIOLA!!. Thanks and GO DAWGS!!
James Jones I’m glad you checked TH-cam first! Feel free to post this vid where your friends will see it. It’s such a frequent problem now! Honest repair men will just tell you to check your bulbs before they come out but we know that isn’t always the case.
Just checked our new rental and found the same bulb. Also the receiver wire was closed inside. Thanks man.
Danny Godden You are welcome. I’m always happy to help.
Worked for us! Thanks! Also wasnt an LED bulb. Just one with a higher wattage than the original
I’m glad you figured it out.
My kind of guy: grinds on it until a solution is found.
Great observation and deduction.
ION U Thanks. I hope it helped you out too.
Wow! I replaced the receiver logic assembly (which thankfully was quite old) and spent WAY too much time checking wires and diagnostics and safety sensor alignment, blah blah BLAH!, and just like that, YOU FIXED IT! THANK YOU! Note: My ceiling bulb has been LED for a long time (probably since I first noticed my garage not opening from a good distance away), and I recently replaced one and then both of the garage opener bulbs with LED, and it never occurred to me that the bulbs might be causing the horrible drop in reliability.
Buz Stewart Dang! Too bad you didn’t find the video sooner! At least it’s fixed now.
My problem turned out to be not caused by the LED light (door wouldn't open even when the light is off), but because of the antenna placement. My problem was only with the MyQ hub. Because the hub is placed close to the opener, when the plastic light cover is open, it's obstructing the antenna. Not exactly the problem you solved, but your video brought my attention to the importance of antenna placement. Thank you!
Victor Lan I’m glad to hear you were able to figure out your issue. Thanks for sharing your results so they can hopefully help others.
Heck yes! Finally! Thank you!! This has been a nightmare for a couple of weeks.
Yes! I’m glad you found the video! I struggled with it for weeks too. What a pain!
OMG.....Thank you. That was driving me nuts.
I’m glad you found the video! It’s a very annoying problem isn’t it?!?
It worked like a charm!! Changed the CREE LED bulbs I had installed for FEIT LED bulbs and problem solved. Thank you!!!
Carlos Perez Good to know some FEIT bulbs work! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much. This was confounding me for a few days. Changed the LED bulbs out and it was back to normal
Tony Corrie I’m glad to hear you found the video! If you want to use LED bulbs, you can get the Genie brand. They are made to use in garage door openers.
Wow - you rock! Thank you so much for posting this! Unbelievably easy fix for a very long standing problem. Made my day!
jeff bare Yes! I’m glad you found the video! I wish I had a way to send it to everyone with a garage! 😂😂
Amazing! struggling with this for forever! Changed the bulbs and it works! You're my hero!
Leader DOT I was so excited when I finally figured out the issue. Check out the Genie LED bulbs. They work perfectly.
Perfect, same issue here. Didn’t know replacing bulb would be my intermittent issue.
I didn’t either until it happened to me! I’m glad you found the video.
@@TightWadDIY yup, it was the bulb. Put a regular low watt bulb. Issue solved. Thanks for the video.
Thanks a MILLION !!! After 6 months of changing batteries, repositioning myself all over the place, punching the button and kicking my poor dog I tried your "FIX", and it worked 100%. Thanks again..
Tommy O'Rourke I’m sure that was very frustrating. I’m glad you found the video. Congrats on getting it sorted out.
You are a life saver! Been trying to figure out this problem for a week and ran across your video. PROBLEM SOLVED. Many thanks.
jcb2001 I’m glad you found my video. It was such a frustrating problem!
It was really bugging me until I read this. Thanks so much! Genius.
Dennis Reeve Im glad I was able to help. Pass along the video and be sure to subscribe!
Same issue. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video!
It’s my pleasure.
Brilliant. Was getting ready to purchase a new unit. This is MUCH better!
That’s great! I’m glad you found the video!
Yes! I’m glad it worked for you too!
Thank you thank you thank you!! You saved me hundreds. I was going to replace this opener because the same issue.
I’m glad you found the video! It has me stumped for a few weeks.
you deserve a gold star.
pcast88 Thanks.
Thank you very much for this video! We just started to have the same problem and were about to go buy an antenna extender but your video solved the issue and save us $$.
I’m glad you found the video and saved money! Be sure to subscribe!
So glad you took the time to put on this video. Seems to be my problem. Removed the LED. We'll see over time if it opens continuously or not.
Al Adams You are welcome! There is a new LED bulb by Genie that is supposed to work. I haven’t installed mine yet to know for sure.
Omg, you rock!! That had been driving me nuts. Never would have found it if not for your video. Thank you!!
Mark C I’m glad you found my video! I was going crazy too and TH-cam was no help for me. I knew I had to make a video.
Hello Tightwad This is Cathy. LED lightbulbs mean they are not hot or cold at all and LED light bulbs actually are upgraded.
They are a good upgrade, however, some of them cause an appearance which causes your garage door not open.
Thanks. I just recently replaced a lightbulb in the opener and also used an LED. Since then the opener seems to work fine with the remotes (although I haven't checked it to see if the light is off) but the keypad was very intermittent. Sometimes it works the first time (probably when the LED is off) but then it might take five or six attempts to get it to open, if it works at all. I will do some more investigating to see if the failures match your results.
GrandpaLarry777 Glad I can help. I bet your opener Will be more consistent if you change the bulb.
Wow!! This is exactly my problem, I'm removing my new led bulbs. Thank you very much for this video.
I’m glad you found the video! You can buy the Genie brand bulbs if you want to keep LEDs in the garage.
Finally got an answer for this head-braking issue man... thanks! (I was about to replace the operator cause is getting old but the problem was related with the LED bulbs)
Noel Betancourt I’m glad you found the video!
Thank You, it was a very frustrating problem and no one could help me. I changed back to the old bulbs and all is well.
Donald Anderson You are welcome. Genie now makes LED bulbs that don’t cause interference.