How To Install Garage Door Opener Switch

Follow the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the opener and mount the rail to the header bracket above the door.

How to install garage door opener switch.

You won t need to drill very much. Make a hole with a drill big enough for the wall anchor to enter. Connect the wires to the back of the new wall control. If the garage door is hard wired into the electrical.

Attach the white wire to the terminal marked white and the red striped wire to the terminal marked red. Align the opener s rail with the center of the garage door. Do not confuse these terminals with the. Install key switch in the exterior away from door opening to avoid injury as door swings out and up.

Push the bottom mounting slot on the wall control onto the bottom mounting screw and slide the wall control slightly downward to lock it into the bottom screw. Drill a 1 diameter hole through wall. Insert the low voltage wire into the terminal and press until it is fully seated. Remove the two screws that secure the wall switch to the wall with a phillips head.

Connect the bracket and the end of the assembly as directed in the installation instructions. Yes a switch that shuts off power to the garage door opener would make it unresponsive to commands from a remote or anything else such as a hardwired button. In some models it may be possible to wire a separate switch to disable only the remote receiver while maintaining the functionality of wired buttons. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace wall control on a garage door opener.

Place a stepladder under the garage door opener motor head so that you can reach the opener power cord. Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need. Lean the end of the assembly opposite the motor compartment up above the garage door. Locate the terminals on the garage door opener marked for the installation of the switch.

Unplug the opener power cord from. Attach the bracket the opener came with to the wall above the door and then insert the end of the assembly into it. How to replace the wall switch to a garage door opener. The wall control is mounted inside the garage next to the door.

How to add a second open close switch to a garage door opener. Locate the bell wire that connects the wall switch to the garage door opener. Select the wires which may be color coded open the button cover and attach them to the terminals. How to replace wall switch to a garage door opener.

Remove terminal screws from the key switch. Loosen the two terminal.