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billlandry860
Joined: 02 Mar 2006
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject:
Garage Door Opener |
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I was surfing the net the other day and I saw where someone is making a garage door opener for motorcycles. I'm not sure how it all works, but one of the wires gets hooked to the high beam wire and you open your garage door by hitting your high beams. I'm assuming that there is something in place that makes the current from the high beams momentary because I would think that if you were actually using your high beams, you wouldn't want that constant power going to your opener. Here's what I'm invisioning, but I don't know if it's possible or not. I have a spare garage door opener. I'm trying to figure out if there's something out there that would receive the current from the high beams, close the circuit between the two wires that I would have soldered to the conacts on the opener, and then quit sending the signal even if the high beams are on. Any suggestions? Please be very specific. I know just enough about this stuff to get me in trouble.
Thanks in advance
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neon
Joined: 25 Feb 2006
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Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject:
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| he probaly has a photocell that activates the door which is a bad idea since everybody has a hi bean. |
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billlandry860
Joined: 02 Mar 2006
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Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject:
Nope |
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It's not a photo cell. It actually sends a activates a transmitter that's mounted to the bike. In fact, the kits are specific to your garage door opener.
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neon
Joined: 25 Feb 2006
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Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject:
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| well ok you can detect the extra current running on the wire when there is the hi beam on and turn on an RF transmitter that opens carages.they all do that anyhow operate on an RF CODED signal. there is a wire on your bulb that you can use to turn on your carage door opener. the transmiters are low battery operated now you need to reduce that 12 v into whatever the battery volts there is. usualy 2-3volts i would to make simple for you just add 4 -5 diodes from ground to that wire must put a limiting resistor to the diodes otherwise meltdown. that should do it. i don't see the dif. you still have to do something to switch. take care |
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