Make Your Own Garage Door Opener Remote

If you have an older garage door you probably have a bunch of obnoxious large remotes sitting around.

Make your own garage door opener remote.

Connect the two wires across the coil of the relay to switch the output. If you re prefer something a bit more sleek and secure make shows you how to build a. If you have a spare 12v garage door opener it can be the key chain or the full size. I m very happy with it.

To a very good instruction booklet. Use a nema 5 15p plug with bare wires or cut the cord off of an defective device and strip the two wires. A garage door opener openly displayed inside your car can be an incentive to thieves. For other models use garadget.

Documents from the glove compartment are likely to reveal your home address and with the remote in hand a thief can help him or herself to the contents of your garage and if it s an attached garage secure a concealed location from which to attack one of your house s exterior doors. Garadget aims a laser at a reflective patch on your garage door to determine if it s open or not. This is very simple and cheap if you have any soldering skill at all. It was super easy diy.

The full size will be easier to work with. The only disappointment was that my very old stanley garage door opener from approx 1994 could not be recognized by the system and so we could not use the numerous remotes that we already have for the house. Make your traditional garage door smart. Mount the relay to your opener or the support structure using zip ties or a bolt and nut.

If you like to spend money on the hd one for about 129 99 go ahead. With lomota smart wi fi garage door opener remote traditional garage doors could be controlled by ewisehome app tuyasmart app smart life app alexa and google assistant. Building your own diy gate opener system.