Manufacturers have made great strides in improving the safety of garage doors and garage door openers.
Garage door opener diy project.
On the back of your garage door opener there are typically 3 pins.
Screw drives a long threaded rod drives a mechanism that opens and closes the door are priced in the mid range.
Wire will goto the keypad 3.
Garage door openers are available with a chain drive screw drive or belt drive.
Common terminal with multiple pairs of wires.
You may need to look at the garage door opener manual if you aren t sure where to plug in.
Installing a new garage door or garage door opener with a diy kit can be a risky project.
Regular clip on garage door openers are fine for most people but if you have an open car like kip s.
Chain drives a long chain pulls the door open and closed are the least expensive but they re loud.
Photoelectric eyes are mounted above the floor and cause a closing door to reverse when movement is detected in the door opening.
Lastly you will need to mount the device and connect the final wires up to the garage door opener.
Let s connect the shelly 1 to the garage door opener.
Diy guru kip kay shows us how to do it simply and cheaply with just a little electronics work.