How To Install Garage Door Opener Switch

Place a stepladder beneath the garage door opener and unplug the power to the unit.

How to install garage door opener switch.

Locate the terminals on the garage door opener marked for the installation of the switch. Lean the end of the assembly opposite the motor compartment up above the garage door. Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need. Locate the bell wire that connects the wall switch to the garage door opener.

Remove terminal screws from the key switch. Attach the bracket the opener came with to the wall above the door and then insert the end of the assembly into it. Do not confuse these terminals with the. Next take the bell wire and use the wire stripper to cut the end.

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. Loosen the two terminal. Install key switch in the exterior away from door opening to avoid injury as door swings out and up. The wall control is mounted inside the garage next to the door.

Connect the bracket and the end of the assembly as directed in the installation instructions. Place a stepladder under the garage door opener motor head so that you can reach the opener power cord. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace wall control on a garage door opener. Drill a 1 diameter hole through wall.

Select the wires which may be color coded open the button cover and attach them to the terminals. If the garage door is hard wired into the electrical. 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.

Follow the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the opener and mount the rail to the header bracket above the door. Connect the wires to the back of the new wall control. Remove the two screws that secure the wall switch to the wall with a phillips head. How to replace wall switch to a garage door opener.

Insert the low voltage wire into the terminal and press until it is fully seated. Make a hole with a drill big enough for the wall anchor to enter. How to replace the wall switch to a garage door opener. You won t need to drill very much.

Unplug the opener power cord from. Align the opener s rail with the center of the garage door.