Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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A target mover sounds like a good use case, but as you said I do live in town and yeah the chances of getting arrested would be pretty high.
Wow...Red sure has a way about him on how to solve a...
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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I kept thinking target mover, but something tells me you live in town and neighbors may not like guns or bows coming in their direction...
looked and did find this gem.... Red Green for the...
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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WTF??? :facepalm:
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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Makes me think of the antenna @ Stalag 17 that would raise out of the flag pole above the camp when they needed to contact the Underground :lol:
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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I've got a neighbor that habitually starts their car inside their garage before they open the garage door. They also have a half broken garage door that sometimes gets stuck.
I also have a cousin...
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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I doubt it for much anything practicle. Other than opening a door or lifting something as sort of a poor man's hoist, I really can't see much use for the thing if it is the standard fair garage door...
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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We have a Habitat store less than a mile from my house that I could donate them to...but that's not the point.
I'd like to do some weird science/cool check this out kind of project with them.
If...
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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It doesn't stop there.
DW gets in car, starts it and then calls me to tell me the garage door won't open.
As far a battery backup. That's why the doors are balanced....sigh
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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Why not just resell them on Ebay\CL assuming they have a little value? That or donate them to some charity for a write off (assuming you could get them to take it).
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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That was my 1st reaction...but it was the elderly that couldn't lift the door. :(
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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Only in California is the red rope emergency release too much to handle :facepalm2:
Old Garage Door Opener Hack or FrankenOpener Project Idea's (Re-purpose 2 Replaced Garage Door Openers)
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Hey there!
I just swapped out our 2 garage door openers this weekend due to State Building code changes.
California SB-969
Openers need a battery backup in case of power outage during a fire,...