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Need a r/c switch for garage door

9 years ago

The remote control receiver part of the electronics board in my garage door opener died. The switch on the wall in the garage is still able to open and close the garage door just fine.

Instead of replacing the whole garage door opener assembly, I'd like to wire in a r/c switch somewhere on the wires coming out of the wall button to the main assembly.

What would be a good remote controllable switch to do this?

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Ron Natalie
9 years ago
You can buy new recievers for the garage door that wire up to the wires going to your wall button. The home centers have them (and if not they're available on the web).
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