Joy wrote:
Has anyone ever hear of something like this? Does it sound like
defective oven? How to fix???

My neighbor just had a set of new garage door openers installed. The
remotes didn't work. Installer couldn't figure it out. Gave up and
removed openers.

Second guy with different openers had same problem but finally traced
it to the Kitchen Aid Superba gas oven (NOT microwave) since everything
works fine once the oven is unplugged. I THINK the oven is on a
different circuit than the openers. It seems to be putting out some
frequency that is jamming the remotes. The oven does not have to be on
to jam, just plugged it. Installer says he's never seen a problem like it.

What could cause an oven to do this???

Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

Joy
Hi,
It sounds like the conrol circuitry of oven is emitting RF signal and
swamping the garage door opener's receiver. If it has pig tail antenna,
make it as short as posible and see. Or I know opener circuitry does not
have good shielding but first thing to do is to contact oven
manufacturer and FCC as well, I guess. Being a retired EE, I think I can
tackle like this if it were in my neighborhood but really it is oven
manufacturer's responsibility.