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The majority of openers have used rolling codes for 10 or 12 years at least now. Odds of finding an old DIP switch coded opener still working is getting slimmer and slimmer.
My parents Sears opener is going on 36 years old and still going strong. Friends of mine have a house about the same age, with 2 of the same openers as my parents, and they still work great too. When my parents got a new garage door about 5 years ago, they asked if they should replace the opener. They were told not to--it was built better than anything new and should last for another 20 years.
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Originally Posted by beachmouse
The only time I've heard of issues in the rolling code era is when the local Air Force Base occasionally runs communications tests on the same frequencies:
My parents live near Wright Patterson Air Force Base and this used to happen to them! Their box had a switch you could turn off so the remotes wouldn't work. It was the last thing they did every night before bed! Plus, everyone should always lock their interior door just in case.
My parents Sears opener is going on 36 years old and still going strong. Friends of mine have a house about the same age, with 2 of the same openers as my parents, and they still work great too. When my parents got a new garage door about 5 years ago, they asked if they should replace the opener. They were told not to--it was built better than anything new and should last for another 20 years.
The one I have is about that old too, I just retrofitted it with the digital receiver. The mechanical motion is fine. Although I realized the retrofit part (which was a Chamberlain unit) did not disable the original analog remote. So I ended up removing parts from the circuit board until the antenna was disabled.
The one I have is about that old too, I just retrofitted it with the digital receiver. The mechanical motion is fine. Although I realized the retrofit part (which was a Chamberlain unit) did not disable the original analog remote. So I ended up removing parts from the circuit board until the antenna was disabled.
I have an older garage-door opener too and this is the only time (when going on vacation) when I lock it manually.
Ditto on the vacation thing. The other main reason for keeping the slider lock active if you live in a coastal region is that it is necessary along with verticle braces in order to keep the garage door from getting blown in. Garage doors are the biggest weakness in a house (assuming windows are covered) during a hurricane.
My parents Sears opener is going on 36 years old and still going strong. Friends of mine have a house about the same age, with 2 of the same openers as my parents, and they still work great too. When my parents got a new garage door about 5 years ago, they asked if they should replace the opener. They were told not to--it was built better than anything new and should last for another 20 years.
Ditto on the vacation thing. The other main reason for keeping the slider lock active if you live in a coastal region is that it is necessary along with verticle braces in order to keep the garage door from getting blown in. Garage doors are the biggest weakness in a house (assuming windows are covered) during a hurricane.
Geez, never thought of this but thanks for informing us!
My parents just had a new garage door + opener installed and it doesn't even come with the slider lock (I found it very strange and I was suspicious of it).
Get an alarm and contract with a monitoring service
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Way to go . . .
