Garage Door Opener And Led Bulb Interference

This genie led light bulb is specially designed for use in a garage door opener.

Garage door opener and led bulb interference. In general better bulbs will emit less interference allowing your radio control signal to work properly. A list of recommended bulbs for liftmaster garage door openers can be found here. Vibration shatter resistent. It is also built to withstand vibrations and also the unique environment of a garage such as being rated for cold weather and damp locations.

Garage door openers vibrate during operation and this has the potential to shorten the life of normal light bulbs used in the opener. Garage doors operate using frequencies between 28 and 360 mhz. Led lights have drivers inside the bulbs which produce a field that interferes with the garage door preventing the door from opening. Genie s led bulb designed specifically for garage door openers creates little or no radio frequency interference issues with most opener remotes.

Newer opener systems are more likely to function with led bulbs and some manufacturers offer bulbs that have been tested for electromagnetic interference. Standard bulbs over 100w cfl bulbs over 26w and halogen bulbs can all cause interference. Garage door openers operate by using radio waves similar to how a remote controlled car works. 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.

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.