Garage Door Opener

[Bounce]

Nice. Excellent example of reversible modifications that let you easily part out (or re-use) the farkles when selling the used bike.

 

[art miller]

I used velcro to stick an opener to the "glovebox" lid - inside.  Been there for about 8 years so far and works fine.

Thanks for that tip. I have been carrying the bob in my pocket but your idea is great!!   :lol2:

 

[Bill Lumberg]

I soldered a capacitor inline to a solenoid, with a 5a fuse. I took that assembly and threw it in the trash. 
 

I then used 3m dual lock to put my opener on the rear wall of the glovebox. Easy to reach, never moves, doesn’t block glovebox use, and I don’t have to be precise. I just reach in and hook a finger against that rear wall. 

 

[jblanken64]

I use an Apple Home compatible opener. Simply say "Siri, open garage door" and voila!

 

[SEFTO]

Some may want to consider a more technical approach using the IoT, ITTT, and Flic button combination. Fun. 

IFTTT (If this than that) : Garage Door Applets....

https://ifttt.com/search/query/garage door?tab=applets

Coupled with a Flic Button..

https://flic.io/

Voila!

 

[Bounce]

If This Then That is a neat little tool to add to Alexa, too.

I have the house set up with 2 IFTTT routines:

RED ALERT turns on all lights in and out of the house and turns those that support it to red.

STATIONS NORMAL: Turns colors back to white and turns off all peripheral lights.

 

[Bill Lumberg]

I use an Apple Home compatible opener. Simply say "Siri, open garage door" and voila!

Now that both of my neotec’s have the ability to summon Siri without me touching anything, this has come to mind. I just need to figure out what thingy to wire in to make my non-Q but still-pretty-new chamberlain opener work with wifi. 

 

[Bounce]

This has always worked for me.