NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/misc/consumer/house/14926

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From: [e-mail] (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: garage opener transmitter
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Date: 23 Nov 92 06:56:58 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:
>The opener and switch still work fine, but the transmitter is burnt
>out.  Being 10 years old, it is no longer being made, and it uses an
>obsolete protocol.  Sears Roebuck sells a matching receiver and
>transmitter, but the receiver requires an electrical outlet.  My
>garage isn't wired; the old receiver was powered by the control line
>to the opener.

>Having an outlet installed in the garage would be expensive -- can
>anybody suggest a cheaper alternative?

This sounds a little odd - doesn't the opener have electrical power?
You can wire the receiver into where the opener gets its power from.
If the opener isn't plugged in, but runs from a nearby junction box,
you could add a receptacle box beside it.

Or, you might be able to connect the receiver into the AC power inside
the opener (it may already have provision for this).

Or, you could place the receiver at the closest outlet in your house,
and extend the control line to it.  Whether the geometry would work
is something I can't tell without experimenting.
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