Permanent Garage Door opener

[drktrpr]

Spend my weekend just playing around with putting in a permanent Sears garage door opener so I wouldn't have to keep buying those silly little batteries. Also, running off the car's battery makes the signal much stronger Although being incased in metal doesn't help.

Pic's of course:
http://www.dennisjudd.com/archives/000361.html

Now I just have to wait for my shoebox sub to get built

(tried to submit to modification page, but form based email page no workie)

[SeanW]

What voltage does the opener normally use? Is it a 9 volt battery?

Do you think the extra juice will cause problems later on?

Overall, I think this is a pretty cool mod. My wife's Odyssey has the HomeLink programmable opener that does seem to work much better than the portable ones.

[drktrpr]

The battery type was a 12v one (radio shack# 23-144) so there's no power issues.

I've done this twice before on a 84 Saab, and a 96 Saturn.

[Yves M.]

That is Cool.

Now I just need a house with a garage to put one in also.