Moreover the b970 is mainly designed for 7 ft.
Use cfl chamberlain garage door opener.
Chamberlain manufactured garage door openers are designed and tested to be used with size a19 incandescent light bulbs and similar sized compact fluorescent light cfl bulbs.
We contacted the two largest residential garage door opener companies to ask about cfls and possible damage to the opener.
Led and compact fluorescent light bulbs have become very popular with homeowners because of the energy savings they provide.
This bulb is made with the collection of standard features that makes it deliver efficient lighting for a very long time approximately 25000 hours it saves energy without compromising the bright light.
The number of buttons on the replacement remote control determines the number of garage door openers gate operators or myq light accessories it can control.
Select from a range of chamberlain remote controls that are compatible with your garage door opener.
Both companies state that cfls will not damage your opener.
Garage door openers produce a lot of vibration which can kill incandescent bulbs prematurely and leave you wondering what to do when the garage door.
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That s why most garage door opener manufacturers don t recommend using these bulbs.
Interference with the radio signal of wireless garage door openers.
Due to the nature of cfl bulbs they might interfere with the remote control of your garage door opener.
The battery backup of this best chamberlain garage door opener keeps the system working even when the power is out.
However since electrical interference from the cfl ballast can reduce the operating range of your transmitter they recommend always using an incandescent bulb.
The answer is yes and no it depends on your opener.
This chamberlain b970 accepts two 100 watt max non halogen or 26 watt max cfl light bulbs not included.
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Although this may be good practice for your house lamps it s not a good idea for all garage door openers.
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Refer to your product manual to ensure your light bulbs do not exceed the recommended size and wattage for your unit.
For electric garage door openers it is much better to use led lightbulbs because they last 25 longer than compact fluorescent bulbs and don t disrupt the communication signal between a door opener and its remote control.
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According to recent articles cfl light bulbs can cause interference with the radio receiver and remotes on the garage door operator.
Genie led garage door opener bulb is one light bulb that has been expertly and specially designed for garage door openers.
The bulb used should not exceed 2 375 in diameter and 4 43 in length.
