Gang,I made a video taken from my pickup sitting in the garage with the radio on and all you could hear was noise. Then as I backed up and got farther way from the opener the noise slowly died down and you could hear the station that had been covered with noise. I posted it to the Chamberlain Facebook page. I emailed their tech support team photos of everything. Their response was that according to the FCC they are legal.
I stripped 9 feet of cat5 to make the RF choke and took two of the pairs and twisted them together and wound them through a mixture 31 toriod to make an RF choke. I also put a .01 cap from each lead to ground right where they came out of the opener. I also mounted the toroid as close as I could to the opener so that there are only a couple of inches of wire before the toroid. Still have problems.
Steve On 9/14/18 12:09 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:
Some opener companies have different sensor units which greatly reduce RFI but you have to go directly to the mfr and ask. I did that many years ago and have had none of that since. Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:RF chokes! I replaced my garage door opener with a new unit - whisper quiet. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -On Sep 14, 2018, at 9:57 AM, Stephen Hawkins <ng0g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Patrick et al, I have found the worst RFI generator I have heard in quite a while. Wehad a nice garage built and the contractor installed two brand new Chamberlain garage door openers. The RFI comes from a cheap, dirty switching supply that uses the leads going to the sensors at the bottom of the doors and to the switch by the people door as antenna. It ruins the BCB and 160M. I tried to post a photo of the screen on my Flexradio showing the interference but it doesn't get through. It is bad despite replacing all the wires with cat5 and winding an extra 9 feet of twisted pair striped out of the cat 5 through a Mixture 31 toroid. I have to power them off at night.I'll email photos to anyone who wants. Steve NG0G -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G ng0g@xxxxxxxx 73 49 111 01001001 _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of theoriginal contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officersFor more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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