Re: Garage Door Opener keypad recommendations

[George <no.geodosch.spam@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:06:31 -0800, tourman thoughfully wrote:

> On Nov 17, 6:21Â am, JoeRaisin <joeraisin2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>
>> Are you saying that you leave the door from the garage to the house
>> unlocked?
>
> RHC: Good question ! This is a very poor idea and an ongoing source of
> false alarms. If the door doesn't close properly and isn't locked, high
> winds outside can cause enough of a vacuum inside the garage to pull or
> push the door open just enough to trigger the zone (especially with
> magnetic contacts versus roller balls behind the door) . This is a
> common cause of false alarms that I routinely warn my clients about.

In my situation, the door between the garage and the house is locked with
a deadbolt operated by a pushbutton keypad.

Yes, I could also put a similar lock on the outside garage man door, but
such a lock suitable for outdoor use is much more expensive than the door
opener keypad, not to mention that I'd used my Genie keypad for years, so
when that failed, the obvious solution was to replace that with something
more reliable, rather than going a different route.