From: "Babbling Brook Photography" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Garage Door Receivers and Cold Weather
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:09:13 GMT

When batteries get cold they lose power and when they warm up they regain
their power. Is it possible the remote (and battery) was cold when you try
yours and by the time you get to your in-laws house the battery warmed
during the car ride? Just a thought.

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"Madmax"  wrote in message
news:1104261251.690174.295520@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Anyone know if there is any correlation between the weather and your
> receiver picking up a signal from the transmitters ?  For about a week,
> maybe coincidentally during a cold spell, my garage door transmitters
> would only open the door if standing directly under the unit.  They
> would open my in-laws' door (same model) from the normal distance, but
> not mine.  So that ruled out a bad battery, which I replaced, or bad
> transmitters.  The door still opened fine using the button.  All of a
> sudden, maybe again coincidentally when things warmed up, everything
> works fine now.  I'm not near any military base nor am under infrared
> surveillance (that I know of).  Sounds like a bad antenna but just
> wondering.
>