Bad LEDs Can Interfere With Garage Door Openers

Source: Deni Hawkins, “Can LED lights interfere with your garage door opener?” KBOI-TV Boise, Idaho, April 17, 2014.

In this local TV news report, a homeowner who installed several LED  lights around his house found they prevented his garage door opener  from working. When the lights were on, the GDO remote didn’t work.  When the LED lights were off, the remote worked fine.

Editor’s Note: Mark Karasek, Chamberlain executive vice president of  engineering, confirms that they’ve received similar reports now that people are beginning to switch to LED lights. He says FCC rules prohibit LEDs from  emitting radio interference, but some do, including some brands from China.  LiftMaster has tested many LED models and has posted on liftmaster.com a list  of LED bulbs that cause no problems.

Meikel Nagel, president of Marantec, adds, “The LEDs that we have  integrated in our garage door openers have no impact on the performance of our units or the range of our transmitters/keyless entry systems.”