Time for a new Project, DIY Garage Door Opener Options

[pittfirefighter]

it is a interrupt button, hes getting the right one sent to him... problem solved

if theres only one lead in and out, its impossible for it to be a momentary switch...

you're right in thinking that the LED will not create enough current ON ITS OWN to work the garage door... but the LED is a diode, not a resistor, which means the current will still flow through it to the Homelink, no matter how much current is pulled for the homelink, it will still work with that type of switch

[freddy121389]

so pitt are you saying the led can cause the switch to activate or no? or are you saying that it will work for the way that i want it to work(push button the garage door opens)

[freddy121389]

so it's finally done, homelink is installed with the replacement button he sent me, turns out the led was actually carrying enough current to trigger the button, so he sent me a new button with the led leads and switch leads separate. I wired the 12v source from the cig lighter to the homelink and then took the 12v source from the cig lighter ring and used that to power the led. So now it only works when the car is on and the led ring only turns on when the lights are on. It looks amazing I'll post up picks later.

[pittfirefighter]

so it's finally done, homelink is installed with the replacement button he sent me, turns out the led was actually carrying enough current to trigger the button, so he sent me a new button with the led leads and switch leads separate. I wired the 12v source from the cig lighter to the homelink and then took the 12v source from the cig lighter ring and used that to power the led. So now it only works when the car is on and the led ring only turns on when the lights are on. It looks amazing I'll post up picks later.

great! just to clarify... it has NOTHING to do with the LED - why the old switch didn't work

it was the wrong kind of switch - it was closed with the button pushed out and open when the button was pushed in - it was an interrupt style switch - the button stops the voltage rather than starting it - you wanted the opposite - the switch you have now is what you were looking for

[freddy121389]

no because the this new one did the exact same thing until i unsoldered the two positive and negative leads apart. this was the exact same switch just he left the back cap off for me so i could unsolder the 4 leads apart if i needed to.

[freddy121389]

here's a video of how it works and what it looks like
6gc homelink


This post has been edited by freddy121389: Jan 10, 2010 - 8:33 PM

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