I would mount the contactor in a metal box and mount overhead near the garage door opener.
Garage lights plugged into garage door opener.
Turn off the branch circuit breaker supplying power to the garage door opener if it is hard wired.
Light socket or logic board.
The garage door opener light is too dim so i want to trigger a brighter light.
The unit is over 2 years old.
The light would be nearby plugged into an unswitched wall outlet.
Alternatively unplug it if it is connected by a cord and plug.
Our frustration with setting up and taking down the temporary lighting led us to rethink the garage door and how we can make light available as easily as possible without extra set up or cords.
Listen for the light relay on the logic board to click.
In fact you could put switched outlets in the box to plug in the lamps.
If the garage door opener has an automatic light you can avoid the cost.
Way to make garage door opener operate lighting circuit.
To determine which one it is follow the steps below.
When he added the line to the new outlet in the ceiling of the garage to feed the garage door opener he cut into the light circuit after the switch.
The main circuit breaker is flipped on.
This means that a hot wire from the basement is feeding the switch and then a wire up into the garage attic fed the two 100watt bulbs.
Is there an rf switch system i can use to turn on a light near my garage door lift motor and light.
My garage door opener will not work.
It is plugged into the electrical outlet.
The outlet has power.
No gfci on outlet.
Unplug the garage door opener then immediately plug the opener back into the electrical outlet.
If the light is still not coming on it could be the light socket or the logic board.
It will not open the garage door because the unit is not turning on.
Despite all this the electric garage door opener stopped working no power green light not lit read more.
The remedy was to get hanging lights or free standing light trees plugged into extension cords.
Lamps that are plugged into outlets in your garage may then be switched on by the contactor.