Each time you use your remote control it seeds your receiver with new coding for the next operation.
Neighbor garage door opens mine.
It may cost more or equal to the price of a new one to put upgrades to alleviate this problem.
You need to obtain a manual for your opener and for your neighbor s opener.
However with my garage door model no matter how long i hold it 6 seconds 15 seconds or even 1 min the led light stays on.
While you are waiting for an expert answer i did manage to find a link that will provide you with more information about your problem.
Every garage door opener ever built has means to reprogram it to avoid this issue.
And bingo your remote opens your neighbor s garage door along with your garage door.
To simplify it your opener may use code 001 out of 1million possible combinations.
It looks like wireless interference is to blame and the effected families have.
Any reasonable competent person.
Last shot offer to buy neighbor a shinny new remote with a fresh battery for his opener in exchange for his current remote.
If this does not fix the situation then you may need to replace the garage door opener or the circuit board to get to a different frequency.
This morning it happened again when my neighbor opens his garage door it opens mine again.
Same with your neighbor.
Five neighbors on one cul de sac outside of st.
Just reprogram your garage door s openers and it should be back to working order.
You probably have a very old opener that uses dip switches a row of tiny numbered switches to set the code.
Your neighbor s receiver happens to randomly operate whenever your unit s coding matches your neighbor s much broader coding range.
If the frequency is the problem you re lucky you have an easy fix.
Because two different garage doors can accidentally be programmed to the same channel your neighbors may be causing your garage door to open on its own.
So one working the other is very strange statistically speaking.
Electric garage doors make our everyday lives easier.
When your neighbor uses their remote to open or close their door it may cause yours to open too.
This is actually pretty important because your neighbor could accidentally leave your garage door open leaving you vulnerable to theft or worse make sure to lock the door from the garage to your house.
If your neighbors garage door remote is opening your garage door the first thing to do is reset the codes using the dip switches or learn button.
Having your garage door open with the remote of your neighbors sounds dangerous since your door can randomly open or close out of nowhere.
If the new one opens his door and does not also open yours then remove the battery from his get a hammer and take turns smashing the old one offer said neighbor a beer and have one yourself for a job well done.
Codes aren t erased and both my remotes can still work.
