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Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:51 pm
by gixxerjasen
Ages ago, I hardwired my garage remote to a PTT button mounted on a small waterproof hobby box I picked up from Radio Shack. I then mounted the remote hidden someplace in the fairings where it wouldn't likely get wet. I had a few other buttons on the box as well, including one to put the bike into dealer mode to display codes. Retarded to put the dealer mode switch under the rear cowling where you have to turn off the bike to open the back and turning the bike off would clear that specific code. Anyway, I used industrial velcro to mount the box somewhere convenient. Very similar solution to kieefjr's which required no modifications to the bike and had more than one use.

Now, with multiple bikes in my garage, the remote just lives in my jacket pocket so I always have it.

DesignFlaw06, I like that delay relay, might have to look into messing with one of those.

Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:23 pm
by Uncle Hud
Gotta have smartphone-capable gloves to work the app, I suspect. "They" are conspiring to keep money from accumulating in my bank account.

Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:24 pm
by wheatonFJR
Uncle Hud wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:23 pm Gotta have smartphone-capable gloves to work the app, I suspect. "They" are conspiring to keep money from accumulating in my bank account.
garage door opener in left overpants pocket...done.

Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:27 pm
by Uncle Hud
Good solution, Wheatie! (I've got my opener screwed to the underside of my dashboard shelf.)

Re: RE: Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:14 pm
by silverback
Uncle Hud wrote:Good solution, Wheatie! (I've got my opener screwed to the underside of my dashboard shelf.)
I just used double sided tape to stick mine in the glove box.

Re: RE: Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:55 pm
by El Toro Joe
silverback wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:14 pm
Uncle Hud wrote:Good solution, Wheatie! (I've got my opener screwed to the underside of my dashboard shelf.)
I just used double sided tape to stick mine in the glove box.
I used velcro, to attach mine to the inside of the glove box

Re: RE: Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:18 pm
by raYzerman
El Toro Joe wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:55 pm
silverback wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:14 pm
Uncle Hud wrote:Good solution, Wheatie! (I've got my opener screwed to the underside of my dashboard shelf.)
I just used double sided tape to stick mine in the glove box.
I used velcro, to attach mine to the inside of the glove box
I took that one step further by removing the electric lock solenoid, which lets me open the glove box without the ignition having to be on... handy a few times already.

Re: RE: Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:54 pm
by El Toro Joe
raYzerman wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:18 pm
El Toro Joe wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:55 pm
silverback wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:14 pm I just used double sided tape to stick mine in the glove box.
I used velcro, to attach mine to the inside of the glove box
I took that one step further by removing the electric lock solenoid, which lets me open the glove box without the ignition having to be on... handy a few times already.
If I'm using the garage door opener, the bike is usually running

Re: Garage door opener hard wired

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:04 pm
by Madmudder
I found the keychain remotes did not work from far enough away. I went to the scrap yard and took the factory one from a Mercedes and put it behind the fairing above the headlight and ran a wire for a remote switch that works with the ignition. Now I can round the corner on my street hit the button and garage is wide open when I get to it. Works just as I hoped it would and for less than $20.00 wire & switch included.