Using Homelink

[NOLA_Mike]

And a quick Google search of LED light bulb in garage door opener found this:

How LED Lights Can Cause Problems With Your Garage Door Opener

EDIT: I'm going to order and try this one:

Genie LEDB1-R Led Garage Door Opener Bulb - - Amazon.com

 

[wesley888]

Today it dawned on me - the day I got back with the new Model S I decided to change the incandescent bulb in the garage door opener to one of my fancy new Phillips LED bulbs. Took the LED bulb out and put the old incandescent 60W bulb back in and viola - no more issues. The only thing I can figure is the LED bulb electronics were generating just enough RF interference right next to the receiving antenna wire that it interfered with the Tesla Homelink signal.

OH! That make perfect sense!!! I'm going to change the LED bulbs out and back to the old CF ones.

 

[andrewket]

And a quick Google search of LED light bulb in garage door opener found this:

How LED Lights Can Cause Problems With Your Garage Door Opener

EDIT: I'm going to order and try this one:

Genie LEDB1-R Led Garage Door Opener Bulb - - Amazon.com

This is good to know. Thanks!

 

[NOLA_Mike]

OH! That make perfect sense!!! I'm going to change the LED bulbs out and back to the old CF ones.

Report back and let us know if it cures whatever ails your Homelink issues!

Also, thanks for the report of the EZPass working through the glass of the new Model S - I have never been able to get anything but an external toll tag/transponder to work on the previous Teslas but based on your post I tried it here with my Causeway Toll Tag and it works through the glass now!

 

[wesley888]

Yes! Changing out the LED bulbs totally fixed it. When I had LED bulbs on the garage opener, I couldn't even close the garage door manually when I'm over 5-10m away (that's where I noticed that the auto-close didn't work). I had to drive back to right in front of the garage to close the garage door.

It puzzled me so much since the garage door would auto open when I'm 20-30m away before I even get on the driveway. That's mean the signal is correct and strong enough to be received by the unit 20-30m away. Now it totally make sense, since when I'm coming back to open the garage door, the LED bulbs on the garage opener were not turned on yet.

 

[Andyw2100]

EDIT: I'm going to order and try this one:

Genie LEDB1-R Led Garage Door Opener Bulb - - Amazon.com

Just looked at that one.

Are you installing it yourself, or paying the extra $163.95 to have it installed for you?

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Are you installing it yourself, or paying the extra $163.95 to have it installed for you?

LOL - you got the special deal. For me, it would be $275 (!) for installation. I want the job "installer"...

EDIT: Apparently the installer lives close to you and that same installer would need to travel to New Orleans to install mine...

 

[wesley888]

LOL. Looks like that number is a random number generator.

 

[George Jetson]

Ironically, my Marantec garage opener has an OEM LED light.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Ironically, my Marantec garage opener has an OEM LED light.

Well, there are obviously ways to mitigate or eliminate the interference problem with LEDs and I would certainly assume that an opener that comes from the factory with LED lighting would have done that.

I will report back when my "Genie approved" replacement LED bulb comes in later today.

Mike

 

[NOLA_Mike]

EDIT: I'm going to order and try this one:

Genie LEDB1-R Led Garage Door Opener Bulb - - Amazon.com

Follow up - the Genie branded LED bulb works fine with the Tesla Homelink.

I tried to determine if I could identify the manufacturer by the markings on the bulb and I could not - it was all Genie. The only thing I saw of note was it was a "non-dimmable" LED (whereas the Phillips bulb I previously tried was dimmable).

Mike

EDIT: I will be giving myself $275 for successful installation. Which brings to mind all sorts of "How many _____ does it take to screw in a light bulb?"

 

[Andyw2100]

Your edit, above, made it difficult for me to decide whether to go with "Informative" or "Funny." (After much deliberation, I went with "Funny.")

 

[wesley888]

By the way, this morning I pull my car out from the garage and the garage door auto-close after 15m or so. It put a smile on my face. It's funny how little things can feel so satisfying!