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Re: [RFI] Garage Door RFI

To: Jim McCook <w6ya@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Garage Door RFI
From: Thomas Mills <tsmills@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:45:48 -0400
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Thanks for the post Jim.  I May have that same problem, will check it out.
Tom Wb4jwm 

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> On Jun 12, 2020, at 9:37 AM, Jim McCook <w6ya@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> For years I've easily opened my garage door with the car's remote system 
> from 400 ft. away.  A few weeks ago I noticed that was no longer possible.  
> Even from my own driveway it was often hard to open it.  I had installed a 
> couple of 11w LED bulbs in the main motor unit.  I had no concern, since I 
> have 35 Cree LED floods in my house that do not create noise beyond a few 
> inches.  This was different.  Those bulbs generated noise in the 300Mhz 
> spectrum that interfered with the reception from the remote.  Replacing them 
> with 23w CFL lights solved the problem. Beware of LED lights in a garage door 
> opener!!!
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