What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[jeremiahm]

The garage door opener in my old house (was "newer") would not receive the remote commands with LED bulbs. Standard bulbs it work fine. Frequency issue I am sure, and never tried with different LED's. Just a PSA, not sure how many openers would run into this, but don't want anyone banging their head on a wall for no reason.

 

[Fless]

I'd like to find a hack that would allow one to extend/relocate the GDO antenna to a flat antenna above the door, on the outside of the garage. Steel or aluminum doors can shield the opener's signal. I suppose if you have one of the wifi GDOs you could open it with the phone app, but that's kind of a hassle when you're pulling up to it.

 

[mattbta]

Well, it's been the past couple of days, but I've done a lot. I bought all of a guy's parts who used to rebuild GMT800s. I am slowly getting them out of his storage. That said, I have an 80% complete Yukon XL 2500, a 90% complete Suburban 250, an escalade body on frame, a Suburban 1500 body (no frame, but 80% of the interior is there), and the cab of a crew cab pickup. On top of that, I have several transfer cases, interior door panels, etc. Once I get everything moved, I'll clean it up, catalog it, and put it up for sale. Please wish me luck. My wife is about to panic...

Dibs!

I'm just up the road and depending on what you got, might take some off your hands.

 

[mountie]

The garage door opener in my old house (was "newer") would not receive the remote commands with LED bulbs. Standard bulbs it work fine. Frequency issue I am sure, and never tried with different LED's. Just a PSA, not sure how many openers would run into this, but don't want anyone banging their head on a wall for no reason.

I got LED bulbs designed for the opener, for that reason.

 

[iamdub]

I'd like to find a hack that would allow one to extend/relocate the GDO antenna to a flat antenna above the door, on the outside of the garage. Steel or aluminum doors can shield the opener's signal. I suppose if you have one of the wifi GDOs you could open it with the phone app, but that's kind of a hassle when you're pulling up to it.

"Alexa, open the garage" No hassle at all!

We had so many customers just splice a wire to the antenna and stick it out the door. Most times, it greatly reduced the remote range.

 

[iamdub]

The garage door opener in my old house (was "newer") would not receive the remote commands with LED bulbs. Standard bulbs it work fine. Frequency issue I am sure, and never tried with different LED's. Just a PSA, not sure how many openers would run into this, but don't want anyone banging their head on a wall for no reason.

Interesting! Never heard of this, but, yeah- something to beware of. I wonder if it's a smart bulb vs. regular LED thing?

 

[mountie]

"Alexa, open the garage"

No hassle at all!

Amazon, in San Jose, California :
We just received data, GPS, time of day, client info, & voice of customer.

 

[mountie]

Interesting! Never heard of this, but, yeah- something to beware of. I wonder if it's a smart bulb vs. regular LED thing?

You will find bulbs labeled for garage door openers.

 

[iamdub]

Amazon, in San Jose, California :
We just received data, GPS, time of day, client info, & voice of customer.

Anyone with a cellphone or internet service has already revealed all of that.

 

[iamdub]

You will find bulbs labeled for garage door openers.

LEDs designed to not interfere with remote reception? The ones "back then" were labeled as "rough service". Some brands labeled them specifically for garage door operator use to charge more. But, they were just regular rough service bulbs, designed to better withstand vibrations.