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Originally posted by HRK:
We've had a ton of rain humidity is off the charts, if cleaning it doesn't help just get a new remote

If you haven't made the switch to nylon wheels it's a great change door will be much smoother and quiet

The door itself was replaced (by a really good guy who was recommended by bigdeal) not too long ago. New door, rollers, tracks, cables, big-assed coil springs, etc. The only things remaining from the original are the motor unit and the remotes. We don't use the door that much, maybe ours sees as much use in a week, as most might see in a day. The door guy, who also sells opener systems, looked at ours and said that there was no reason to replace the motor unit.

Everything works just fine -- everything -- except the keypad. The door and opener work 100% when used with the inside wired controller, or any of the portable remotes. It just does not respond to the keypad.

I said that it works 100% but that's not quite true. Cold weather, by Florida definition, is anything below 40℉. When it gets really, REALLY, cold, like 39 or below, the door opens fine. Try to close it and it will close part way, then reverse and go back up. Just as if something had broken the electric eye beam. It took me a while to figure out that this behavior is only seen in cold temperatures. When it acts up like this, it will close all the way if I press and hold the indoor wired button. Have to hold it until the door is all the way closed. Since these frigid below 40 temperatures are so rare here, it's not easy to troubleshoot since the trouble is only there one or two days a year. Can't identify the trouble, nor fix it, if it's not happening.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I said that it works 100% but that's not quite true. Cold weather, by Florida definition, is anything below 40℉. When it gets really, REALLY, cold, like 39 or below, the door opens fine. Try to close it and it will close part way, then reverse and go back up.

There's probably a closing resistance adjustment that's just a bit >< too close. When things get cold and closing resistance goes up just a touch, it senses an obstruction and reverses.

Yeah those cold days, burr, I had to put on a long sleeve T shirt when it hits below 60....

If your car door transmitters work then the main unit is receiving the signal fine, those keypads are nothing more than the same stuff in a car remote with a key protected button, it's still just a wireless transmitter.

So if everything else is good then perhaps a new $40 keypad is in order.

I'd rather just replace the transmitter than spend a bunch of time dicking around trying to disassemble or clean the contact or pads in the current device. Which, almost assuredly, lead to replacing the keypad with a new one.

I love a project as much as the next guy, but find one more fruitful is my vote.