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I see most of the comments are from men. Well I'm the wife of a man who was ready to give up after many weeks of trying to fix our garage opener. I found your video and he did the extension,and it worked!! Thanks soooo much!!
I have had this same issue for over a year. I had to walk up to the garage door before I could get the door to open. And even them it was not working 100% of the time. I tried extending the antenna along the ceiling, it did not help. I removed all the LED lights inside and outside of the garage, this also did not help. But I was able to come to a solution. I cut about about 12 inches of wire and attached it to the antenna and just let it dangle loose below the opener. This worked! For some reason, the location of the wire was the solution. Even with LED lights all plugged back in. Somehow this worked better than trying to run 10ft of wire along the ceiling. I hope this helps anyone out there who is still having an issue
Added about 4 hrs later than the 2nd paragraph: I used some coax wiring which I attached using one of those Cone Shaped Wire connectors to the existing v short antenna. Another article suggested grounding the coax shielding, but I figured I would test without that extra step. Just tossed the 8 feet of black coax over some of the garage bracing 2x4's and that totally fixed the problem. I can now open and close the garage door from a far distance. THANKS TONS! I have the exact same problem which I could not solve with a thinner shorter antenna wire extension (horizontal placement). If you look up how antennas work you will see that antenna physics is super complicated and hard to understand. Changing the nominal 3 volt battery made no difference, just like you said. I'm going to try to duplicate what you have done and will get back here with my results. In any case Thanks a Lot.
Thanks for this. Been struggling with mine in same way, (new remotes, new batteries, etc). Neighbors prob think I'm crazy getting out of my car every time and trying it from all diff spots of driveway, like I'm performing some weird magic. Gonna try it today. ---Update, it worked!! Be it from the driveway, the sidewalk, or from the street. It worked. Thank you!
Totally worked! Been struggling with this issue forever, changing batteries, adjusting the sensors, re-programming the remotes, etc.. Thank you for posting this super helpful video man!
Just tried this. Took 5 minutes. Only ran 6 feet. Went from 10 ft of range to 100 ft! Tried other video's solutions, this is the only one that worked, thanx!
My remote was barely working and my homelink in my vehicles barely worked too. I took your advice and extended my the garage antenna with 14 awg wire and wire nutted them together. I ran the wire on the ceiling towards the door and stapled the end of the wire to the top of the exterior garage door casing. I tell you what my remote response is incredible and works a good 50 yards away now. Thanks for the easy advice
I gotta admit, I didn’t think this would work, but it absolutely does!!! I was going to just buy a new opener but glad you gave this hack!! So simple and effective!!
Oh my goodness. Every since we had our security system have had additional attached to it, seem they messed with it for our garage door to hesitate to open. It wasn’t picking up the button signal and now that I’ve added wire to it like he’s shown, I now can push it before time instead of waiting till I get directly under it to open. Thank you so much for this info
Now that worked like a charm. I had thought about it but for some ungodly reason I got the idea that the lengthening the antenna would not make a difference and so didn't bother. Not that it was such a big deal. I actually ran the wire into the attic and threw it over some of the roof supports and it works great. THANKS!
Awesome. I had this problem as well. Didn't have a long enough wire laying around to extend it as far as you did, but even just an extra 18" wire, wrapped around the metal support brace holding up the motor, did the trick!
Thanks! This worked perfectly! Mine was so intermittent even if I was right next to the door. I used stranded speaker wire because that’s what I had kicking around.
All those who say to check the light bulbs in the opener.....winner. If they are standard LED bulbs in the opener, those bulbs interfere with the opener. I never would have believed it myself. We bought our house 1 year ago and have struggled with the opener remote the whole time. I read comments on videos like this, kept seeing to check bulbs. Went to Lowes amd bought true garage opener led bulbs made by GE. Went to change them, sure enough standard led bulbs were in it. Replaced and wow!!!! Now I can open the garage door from a minimum of 100 yards. Crazy
After reading this I realized this could be my issue. I replaced the bulb with LED and lately I’ve noticed intermittent working. I initially thought it was my push button opener as I knew the battery was old so I changed the CR2032 and still the same so I need to pick up a standard incandescent garage bulb 💡 to see if that’s the true cause.
Thank you. I've struggled with my opener since I switched to LED lights (and the resulting interference). I bought a bunch of ferrite cores in an attempt to shield all my cables. Those helped a bit but I should have tried this obvious (and much cheaper) method first. My opener now works from across the street. Many thanks for your help.
Had the same issue, swapped out my bulbs to LEDs and drome myself crazy that I couldn't open my garage door anymore! I tried to reprogram my cars, but in new batteries and nothing worked. Remove the LEDs and with work perfectly!
I tried this but it didn't help. Turns out....I had LED lightbulbs in the opener (2) and when I replaced them with non-LED....it works great! Having the extension will surely just make it all the better. Thanks for posting!
If you bury the antenna; think a gate; does it work that well? My gate won't open until we are right up in front of it. I like your idea and will try it. Thank You.
Tired it only works right in front of the sidewalk and driveway and my driveway is much shorter, enough for one car. anythnig elae you can suggest? thank you
mine is different problem I can open it in the morning to pull out and if I don't hit it right away to close it it won't close til the light goes off. any ideas ?
I have the same problem ( which wasn't about 2 weeks ago until I unplugged the power supply) but I think I finally made it work after several DIY tries. I did it differently by disconnecting the original wired remote and used the wire/wires as antenna extension. It worked (yesterday ) but have not tested from how far it will work because I got tired. However, it certainly looks cleaner with nothing running on the ceiling. Try it too. BTW, I'll consider buying the kit from Amazon but I'll run the coax wire above the ceiling for a professional look.
I have two different types of remotes: one from Lowes and one from Amazon; and for some reason they won't connect to my garage. My garage lets up just fine with the pad thats hanging on the door as you come out to the garage. I've changed light 💡 and I still can't get it to program with either remotes. Both remotes are brand new. I'm lost on what to do. Can someone help me please????!!!😳😳😳😳😳😳
My garage button that my car is programmed to, used to work from the street next to my house. Now it only works if I am parked extremely close to the garage Why did it weaken, and will your info also fix this issue, too? (Its not a garage remote control, just a button in my car itself, that you program it to open your garage). HELP!!
This worked great, thanks for the video. You should keep trying from further away it like those Michael Jordan and Larry Bird commercials from the 90’s 😆
I’ve done a similar thing with my garage door but used the braided wire then ran it underneath the top of my door. I couldn’t get much better results however seeing you use the solid wire and how well it worked I’m going to give that a try. Thanks for sharing
I appreciate this video a lot. I can’t program my opener to the cars and the range to open is very short. I will extend my antennae. That said, my garage opener is Aladdin and I found a wifi operator called Aladdin Connect. It works with an Aladdin app, Alexa, and better yet, Siri. The cool thing about Siri is that I’ve given the command with the phone in my pocket. With Alexa it’s somewhat slower, but it’s also voice command. It is very convenient because the app works just like without smart lights. You can schedule an open and close or simply give the command from a restaurant across the country and it will work. The app also gives you an open or close status.
Do you know how I can make my 300 mega hertz garage opener do other things like turn on the outside lights, etc. I know I need an antenna receiver but what is the antenna connected to that receives the signal to control another device?
You could use the LiftMaster Remote Light Control - 825LM -this would be an IOT based solution. Or alternatively use a LiftMaster 312HM Universal Coaxial Receiver controlling a relay -this solution would use your existing remotes. I’ve used both in combination to control an access gate.
Just to let you know if you’re having problems with the range for your remotes think in your mind did you put LED lightbulbs in the garage door opener because LED lightbulbs actually mess up the remotes with LED lightbulbs you can put regular lightbulbs in them or genie lightbulbs
Zachary Hilton -Thank You, Thank you, Thank You!!! - Been trying for 2 months to get this to work and $70.00 worth of new remotes. I switched the bulbs to regular bulbs and it solved the problem. Again thanks
I was about to try this but figured i would see if anyone had a video about if this solution would work. Mine was crazy,when the door was closed i could open it a couples down the road, when it was open i had to be right underneath it or it wouldnt work. So maddening. Countless times i backed up 6' from my door obly to have to pull forward to close the door
Thx for sharing, great solution, I was going to try this but saw in a couple of your replies you said it stopped working for you after a couple of weeks you installed the wire, is that true or I misunderstood you? thx again.
I think it will work; because the only think you are doing is extending the cable closer to the door. Replace you LEB lights with regular lights; the led interferes with the signals
Did not work for me. Next I'm going to try removing all the LEDs I've put in my garage. I bought a special garage door LED for my opener and that didn't help either.
I took a 2 inch spring loaded hose clamp and hooked it to the end. I went from the same thing couldn't open from right outside the door to able to open it from 5 houses away
What kind of wire did you use? I am not that wire savvy, but willing to try. I have some Cat-5 wire lying around... would 1 strand of that work? If not, please let me know and I can pick some up. Much needed fix. Thank you!!!
Hi Brian, Typically, I like to go with industry standards as it pertains to any and all electronics. In this case, IEEE standards for residential Antenna wire is usually 12-16 gauge wire. What I would encourage anyone to to, is to check the markings on the Antenna wire they are trying to splice with. Keeping the gauge the same and the material the same gives you the best chances that you will maintain the signal without noise interruption sue to resistance lost across the length of the cable. A lot of Electrical jargin, so just do this. 1.) Read the wire markings and look at the color of the wire inside the material (usually 14awq Copper Wire) 2.) Go to any hardware store and get 25 ft of that wire, splice boots and black electrical tape 3.) Measure, run and mount the wire from the desired location (preferably outside), back to the opener to ensure proper length 3.) Strip both ends ensuring no nic damage, twist wires together, wrap in black electrical tape, and twist with a simple splice boot From there, replace the battery in the opener and go outside for a test run. Good Luck!!!!
Thanks bro!!! And your wife is right, get your ass to the barbershop cause your hair looking turfed! Lol I'm messing with ya man, appreciate the video bro! Have a good one
What a lot of people may not know is that if you have L.E.D. bulbs in your opener motor they will interfere with the signal from your remote. So a mod like this works well for that. Also, if you dangle the end right to the edge of the top of the door, the signal won't have to go through the wall, but through the thinner, less dense door.
How about inside the truck, my rear driveway is 95 feet long. I have to be 1/2 way up with the window open for the door to open, window closed, I have to have my truck bumper almost up against the door to get it to open.
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I see most of the comments are from men. Well I'm the wife of a man who was ready to give up after many weeks of trying to fix our garage opener. I found your video and he did the extension,and it worked!! Thanks soooo much!!
I have had this same issue for over a year. I had to walk up to the garage door before I could get the door to open. And even them it was not working 100% of the time. I tried extending the antenna along the ceiling, it did not help. I removed all the LED lights inside and outside of the garage, this also did not help. But I was able to come to a solution. I cut about about 12 inches of wire and attached it to the antenna and just let it dangle loose below the opener. This worked! For some reason, the location of the wire was the solution. Even with LED lights all plugged back in. Somehow this worked better than trying to run 10ft of wire along the ceiling. I hope this helps anyone out there who is still having an issue
Thank you!!! This took all of 10 minutes to fix my opener. Had some old thermostat 2-wire and a few staples. Saved me from buying a new opener.
Added about 4 hrs later than the 2nd paragraph: I used some coax wiring which I attached using one of those Cone Shaped Wire connectors to the existing v short antenna. Another article suggested grounding the coax shielding, but I figured I would test without that extra step. Just tossed the 8 feet of black coax over some of the garage bracing 2x4's and that totally fixed the problem. I can now open and close the garage door from a far distance. THANKS TONS!
I have the exact same problem which I could not solve with a thinner shorter antenna wire extension (horizontal placement). If you look up how antennas work you will see that antenna physics is super complicated and hard to understand. Changing the nominal 3 volt battery made no difference, just like you said. I'm going to try to duplicate what you have done and will get back here with my results. In any case Thanks a Lot.
Thanks for this. Been struggling with mine in same way, (new remotes, new batteries, etc). Neighbors prob think I'm crazy getting out of my car every time and trying it from all diff spots of driveway, like I'm performing some weird magic. Gonna try it today. ---Update, it worked!! Be it from the driveway, the sidewalk, or from the street. It worked. Thank you!
Totally worked! Been struggling with this issue forever, changing batteries, adjusting the sensors, re-programming the remotes, etc.. Thank you for posting this super helpful video man!
Just tried this. Took 5 minutes. Only ran 6 feet. Went from 10 ft of range to 100 ft! Tried other video's solutions, this is the only one that worked, thanx!
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My remote was barely working and my homelink in my vehicles barely worked too. I took your advice and extended my the garage antenna with 14 awg wire and wire nutted them together. I ran the wire on the ceiling towards the door and stapled the end of the wire to the top of the exterior garage door casing. I tell you what my remote response is incredible and works a good 50 yards away now. Thanks for the easy advice
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I gotta admit, I didn’t think this would work, but it absolutely does!!! I was going to just buy a new opener but glad you gave this hack!! So simple and effective!!
Oh my goodness. Every since we had our security system have had additional attached to it, seem they messed with it for our garage door to hesitate to open. It wasn’t picking up the button signal and now that I’ve added wire to it like he’s shown, I now can push it before time instead of waiting till I get directly under it to open. Thank you so much for this info
Dude you saved my life! Thank you. Our work building has been doing this for years
Now that worked like a charm. I had thought about it but for some ungodly reason I got the idea that the lengthening the antenna would not make a difference and so didn't bother. Not that it was such a big deal. I actually ran the wire into the attic and threw it over some of the roof supports and it works great. THANKS!
Awesome. I had this problem as well. Didn't have a long enough wire laying around to extend it as far as you did, but even just an extra 18" wire, wrapped around the metal support brace holding up the motor, did the trick!
Thanks! This worked perfectly! Mine was so intermittent even if I was right next to the door.
I used stranded speaker wire because that’s what I had kicking around.
Thank you, I just added some wire to mine and it works better than it ever had before! Been aggravated at this problem for a couple years now!
daaang Delroy Lindo saving the day with this fix. thanks man!
All those who say to check the light bulbs in the opener.....winner. If they are standard LED bulbs in the opener, those bulbs interfere with the opener. I never would have believed it myself. We bought our house 1 year ago and have struggled with the opener remote the whole time. I read comments on videos like this, kept seeing to check bulbs. Went to Lowes amd bought true garage opener led bulbs made by GE. Went to change them, sure enough standard led bulbs were in it. Replaced and wow!!!! Now I can open the garage door from a minimum of 100 yards. Crazy
After reading this I realized this could be my issue. I replaced the bulb with LED and lately I’ve noticed intermittent working. I initially thought it was my push button opener as I knew the battery was old so I changed the CR2032 and still the same so I need to pick up a standard incandescent garage bulb 💡 to see if that’s the true cause.
@@JMLRetroRoom good luck. You don't have to go incandescent. Lowes sells LED bulbs made specifically for garage openers. Bright too!
@@spears085 I thought they did but I couldn’t remember. Good to know. Thanks.
After 15 years, my range suddenly went to just in front of the door. Don't know what changed...Anyway, used your trick, worked like a charm. Thanks!
wow thanks a bunch! It worked, was about to get a new garage opener, thinking it was broken or something. Thanks man!
Found your video.. Works great! Been fighting this since 2019 with my chamberlain 1/2hp garage opener. Thanks for the hack.
Thanks for posting this. Always wondered if that would work. Works great. Hair looks fine
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I have tried everything and this is the first thing that has worked!
Thank you. I've struggled with my opener since I switched to LED lights (and the resulting interference). I bought a bunch of ferrite cores in an attempt to shield all my cables. Those helped a bit but I should have tried this obvious (and much cheaper) method first. My opener now works from across the street. Many thanks for your help.
Had the same issue, swapped out my bulbs to LEDs and drome myself crazy that I couldn't open my garage door anymore! I tried to reprogram my cars, but in new batteries and nothing worked. Remove the LEDs and with work perfectly!
Man, you rock! Thanks a lot. I’ve been having this problem for years. I even changed the motor once. Thank you! 👍🏻👍🏻
I have a small plastic or glass cap at the end of my antenna, can I cut it off to extend it with a wire or would I damage it? Thanks.
Had this exact problem out of the blue and I’m so glad I found this video. Worked like a champ! Thanks man!
I tried this but it didn't help. Turns out....I had LED lightbulbs in the opener (2) and when I replaced them with non-LED....it works great! Having the extension will surely just make it all the better. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for the instructions it worked perfectly took about 20 minutes installation i can open my garage at the end of block amazing
If you bury the antenna; think a gate; does it work that well? My gate won't open until we are right up in front of it. I like your idea and will try it. Thank You.
How do I open the box where the wire antenna is coming from?
Thank bro. I thought I had to reprogram the system. Your a miracle worker.
Question, why did it stop working in the first place?
Tired it only works right in front of the sidewalk and driveway and my driveway is much shorter, enough for one car. anythnig elae you can suggest? thank you
My man,
You just saved me a grip! Just got price quotes yesterday. Thanks a bunch!!!
I hope it work for you; I have been lucky so for. If it stops working I will extend to the outside
I added some 26 gauge telecom wire to the ant and ran it down like you did but it still has bad receive.
mine is different problem I can open it in the morning to pull out and if I don't hit it right away to close it it won't close til the light goes off. any ideas ?
I have the same problem ( which wasn't about 2 weeks ago until I unplugged the power supply) but I think I finally made it work after several DIY tries.
I did it differently by disconnecting the original wired remote and used the wire/wires as antenna extension. It worked (yesterday ) but have not tested from how far it will work because I got tired. However, it certainly looks cleaner with nothing running on the ceiling. Try it too.
BTW, I'll consider buying the kit from Amazon but I'll run the coax wire above the ceiling for a professional look.
I just bought a new garage door system which has an app. Great video
I did the same you did your but it not work, my remote before it 3 house from my garage, but now work only 6f, i don't know what to do
Is it possible that my board has a rec issue?
why the keypad or the remote can only work to open the garage door, not closing it? Thank you.
Do not use LED BULDS for the light.
Ours did the same thing..
Thanks for posting this....very helpful. beautiful home by the way!
Appreciate it. We are getting ready to sell it in about 9 months. Our children are grown and it's time to downsize and travel.
I have two different types of remotes: one from Lowes and one from Amazon; and for some reason they won't connect to my garage. My garage lets up just fine with the pad thats hanging on the door as you come out to the garage. I've changed light 💡 and I still can't get it to program with either remotes. Both remotes are brand new. I'm lost on what to do. Can someone help me please????!!!😳😳😳😳😳😳
What wire did you use for the extension? Can I use speaker wire?
My garage button that my car is programmed to, used to work from the street next to my house. Now it only works if I am parked extremely close to the garage
Why did it weaken, and will your info also fix this issue, too? (Its not a garage remote control, just a button in my car itself, that you program it to open your garage).
HELP!!
Look for my comments posted earlier. See if my solution works for you.
This worked great, thanks for the video. You should keep trying from further away it like those Michael Jordan and Larry Bird commercials from the 90’s 😆
I’ve done a similar thing with my garage door but used the braided wire then ran it underneath the top of my door. I couldn’t get much better results however seeing you use the solid wire and how well it worked I’m going to give that a try. Thanks for sharing
Man, you are my hero!
This has been irritating me forever
What would happen if it was extended to the exterior?
I appreciate this video a lot. I can’t program my opener to the cars and the range to open is very short. I will extend my antennae. That said, my garage opener is Aladdin and I found a wifi operator called Aladdin Connect. It works with an Aladdin app, Alexa, and better yet, Siri. The cool thing about Siri is that I’ve given the command with the phone in my pocket. With Alexa it’s somewhat slower, but it’s also voice command. It is very convenient because the app works just like without smart lights. You can schedule an open and close or simply give the command from a restaurant across the country and it will work. The app also gives you an open or close status.
Have you tried to connect the original antenna to the opener rail instead of extending the wire? I suppose it might work either.
YES BUT, YOU DID NOT SHOW HOW YOU SPLICED THE EXTENDED WIRE ONTO THE ANTENNA ?
I did tha same but still sometimes won't open. Any idea. What else can I do?
Fantastic! I will try this. Thank you!!!
Do you know how I can make my 300 mega hertz garage opener do other things like turn on the outside lights, etc. I know I need an antenna receiver but what is the antenna connected to that receives the signal to control another device?
You could use the LiftMaster Remote Light Control - 825LM -this would be an IOT based solution. Or alternatively use a LiftMaster 312HM Universal Coaxial Receiver controlling a relay -this solution would use your existing remotes. I’ve used both in combination to control an access gate.
Just to let you know if you’re having problems with the range for your remotes think in your mind did you put LED lightbulbs in the garage door opener because LED lightbulbs actually mess up the remotes with LED lightbulbs you can put regular lightbulbs in them or genie lightbulbs
Wow; never thought about that will give it a try
Zachary Hilton -Thank You, Thank you, Thank You!!! - Been trying for 2 months to get this to work and $70.00 worth of new remotes. I switched the bulbs to regular bulbs and it solved the problem. Again thanks
OMG THANK YOU!! 😭 3 years I've been chasing down this problem and I took the LEDs out and it works EVERYTIME. 😭 I'm so happy.
@@FreakyandFaith yeah no problem
Somethings wrong with my equipment because sometimes it won’t even work when I’m clicking my remote rite under the garage door opener. Any ideas?
Thank you my brother for the great information mine works great now!!!
Your hair looks fine!
I just knew there was something I can do to get this lazy opened to work ----- thank you....
Hi, did you twist or solder the extension wire? Thank you.
I have two wires coming out of my chamberlain. Do you happen to know which wire it is?
I'm having the same problem now I'm going to extend the wire now HOLLY SMOKES IT WORK LIKE 5 HOUSES DOWN THE STREET AND IT OPEN THANK YOU
Thanks for this video. Worked great for me!!
Nice work buddy! I hope this fixes this frustrating issue!
Excellent video, thanks for sharing
I tried this method, for some reason still not working properly. Could it be my remote?
I was about to try this but figured i would see if anyone had a video about if this solution would work. Mine was crazy,when the door was closed i could open it a couples down the road, when it was open i had to be right underneath it or it wouldnt work. So maddening. Countless times i backed up 6' from my door obly to have to pull forward to close the door
I will be doing this this weekend, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Did this work for you?
It increased, range by 3 homes.
@@fjoffrd1240 thanks I must try this weekend
Thx for sharing, great solution, I was going to try this but saw in a couple of your replies you said it stopped working for you after a couple of weeks you installed the wire, is that true or I misunderstood you? thx again.
Before connecting the wires... do you need to turn off the breaker??? Maybe a stupid question but don’t want to end up fried!!
No. there's no voltage in the antenna wire. You're good.
Will coaxial cable work? Or, is it too shielded?
I think it will work; because the only think you are doing is extending the cable closer to the door. Replace you LEB lights with regular lights; the led interferes with the signals
It works!!!! Thanks a lot. Good money saving.
What a great solution. Thanks. God bless.
Thanks brotha👍🏾✊🏾
Did not work for me. Next I'm going to try removing all the LEDs I've put in my garage. I bought a special garage door LED for my opener and that didn't help either.
Did the led removal work for you
Great video!
Dude, thank you sooo much.
I took a 2 inch spring loaded hose clamp and hooked it to the end. I went from the same thing couldn't open from right outside the door to able to open it from 5 houses away
Works great!!
Thanks very much, Solved a puzzle for me. Very helpful.
THANK YOU for doing this video.
Thank you. I did this and it works great.
Outstanding, thank you.
Thank you Sir!
Thank you!
Really good information, thank you
I’m going to extend my antenna
It worked for about a month and stopped. Maybe I need a signal booster
What kind of wire did you use? I am not that wire savvy, but willing to try. I have some Cat-5 wire lying around... would 1 strand of that work? If not, please let me know and I can pick some up. Much needed fix. Thank you!!!
Use what u got first. If it dont work use 24 gauge solid wire
Hi Brian,
Typically, I like to go with industry standards as it pertains to any and all electronics. In this case, IEEE standards for residential Antenna wire is usually 12-16 gauge wire. What I would encourage anyone to to, is to check the markings on the Antenna wire they are trying to splice with. Keeping the gauge the same and the material the same gives you the best chances that you will maintain the signal without noise interruption sue to resistance lost across the length of the cable. A lot of Electrical jargin, so just do this.
1.) Read the wire markings and look at the color of the wire inside the material (usually 14awq Copper Wire)
2.) Go to any hardware store and get 25 ft of that wire, splice boots and black electrical tape
3.) Measure, run and mount the wire from the desired location (preferably outside), back to the opener to ensure proper length
3.) Strip both ends ensuring no nic damage, twist wires together, wrap in black electrical tape, and twist with a simple splice boot
From there, replace the battery in the opener and go outside for a test run.
Good Luck!!!!
oh cool thank you very much I will be doing this. Thanks again.
I did this but it did not completely work. I had to change the LED light in my garage.
Thanks bro!!!
And your wife is right, get your ass to the barbershop cause your hair looking turfed! Lol I'm messing with ya man, appreciate the video bro! Have a good one
Thank You it works!
Worked for me.
What a lot of people may not know is that if you have L.E.D. bulbs in your opener motor they will interfere with the signal from your remote. So a mod like this works well for that. Also, if you dangle the end right to the edge of the top of the door, the signal won't have to go through the wall, but through the thinner, less dense door.
I agree with what JD said about the types of bulbs you use in the opener. I changed my bulbs back to old style bulbs and it was fixed.
@@brianhooey7088 Genie makes special LED bulbs for GDO's and some manuals will list recommended options for LED bulbs also.
spliced into a coaxial cable and it works 2 house down across the street!
cool
How about inside the truck, my rear driveway is 95 feet long. I have to be 1/2 way up with the window open for the door to open, window closed, I have to have my truck bumper almost up against the door to get it to open.
After extended the wire it worked great for a couple weeks; now it's a hit or miss. I changed out my outside keypad and still hit an miss.
Thanks I will try that
Thanks 🙏
Hell it’s probably that big assed watch band soaking up all of your transmitters signal ethat stopped your remote from working! 🤣🤣🤣