GAWildKat Posted January 30, 2013 #1 Posted January 30, 2013 Mike has a keychain garagedoor opener that he has washed for the umpteenth time over the weekend and it has a short now when the battery is plugged in lol. He'd like to put the circuit board and all in a waterproof box and tie the power into the battery and perm mount everything on the bike. Since my tech expertise does not extend to electrical stuff and wiring. I wanted to get answers here. He says the wiring he can do, but needs the waterproof box, switch, etc. His Radioshack doesn't have those. Can y'all direct me where to get those?
Guest tx2sturgis Posted January 30, 2013 #3 Posted January 30, 2013 He might spend a few frustrating hours and a dozen dollars or more, making those mods, so why not just get one thats made for motorcycles? There are several on the market, heres one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Q60Z4O?tag=dietingsuckso-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000Q60Z4O&adid=0EZ62C19PPYAZP8TNXDT&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.garagedooropenerguide.com%2Fmotorcycle-garage-door-opener.html There are several others listed on the page. Good luck babe!
SilvrT Posted January 30, 2013 #4 Posted January 30, 2013 Ask Eck ... he should have this one figgured out by now ....
GAWildKat Posted January 30, 2013 Author #6 Posted January 30, 2013 "spousal unit" ... OMG!! LOL !! heh, it's our geeky poke at each other...then again he calls me the wif....yeah I lose a vowel lol.
kevin-vic-b.c. Posted January 30, 2013 #7 Posted January 30, 2013 I am sure I had seen threads here in the past from folks that had mounted a unit in the front fearing and was connected to their horn. You honk your horn as you approach and the door opens... or as you leave and it closes..... What tx2sturgis posted is the idea sorta.
SilvrT Posted January 30, 2013 #8 Posted January 30, 2013 I am sure I had seen threads here in the past from folks that had mounted a unit in the front fearing and was connected to their horn. You honk your horn as you approach and the door opens... or as you leave and it closes..... What tx2sturgis posted is the idea sorta. Are you referring to a "Spousal Unit"? ...
GAWildKat Posted January 30, 2013 Author #9 Posted January 30, 2013 Are you referring to a "Spousal Unit"? ... LOL which spousal unit?
SilvrT Posted January 30, 2013 #10 Posted January 30, 2013 LOL which spousal unit? A lotta things come to mind ....
SteveP Posted January 30, 2013 #11 Posted January 30, 2013 You might want to take a look at this thread: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13400 It includes pics of how I mounted my garage door opener under the plastic cover on top of the gas tank. Though not specifically waterproof, it is relatively protected and has survived many hours of riding in the rain. Good luck with your project!
GAWildKat Posted January 30, 2013 Author #12 Posted January 30, 2013 You might want to take a look at this thread: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13400 It includes pics of how I mounted my garage door opener under the plastic cover on top of the gas tank. Though not specifically waterproof, it is relatively protected and has survived many hours of riding in the rain. Good luck with your project! Will that work for his volusia? I'll show him the thread tonight.
k9cottage Posted January 31, 2013 #13 Posted January 31, 2013 spousal unit garage door opener i tried this but i have the wrong model spousal unit [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dR6t2zCLaA]Automatic Motorcycle Garage Door Opener - YouTube[/ame]
GAWildKat Posted January 31, 2013 Author #14 Posted January 31, 2013 spousal unit garage door opener i tried this but i have the wrong model spousal unit I'll forgive you not knowing that I'm disabled lol...therefore the spousal unit garage door opener is permanently broken! :rotf::rotf: :whistling:
SteveP Posted January 31, 2013 #15 Posted January 31, 2013 Will that work for his volusia? I'll show him the thread tonight. I actually have a 2003 Volusia, albeit stirred away in a different garage. I set up a garage door opener in a similar fashion, but put it behind the right side cover -that's where there was room.
GAWildKat Posted January 31, 2013 Author #16 Posted January 31, 2013 I actually have a 2003 Volusia, albeit stirred away in a different garage. I set up a garage door opener in a similar fashion, but put it behind the right side cover -that's where there was room. Mike has the 04 Volusia, no Venture yet. He's trying to sort out how to run the door opener off the battery. Lucky for him the unit is a 12V unit. And he likes the idea of putting the unit in the tool pocket area, maybe some time this semester he can look into it further....
SilvrT Posted January 31, 2013 #17 Posted January 31, 2013 Mike has the 04 Volusia, no Venture yet. He's trying to sort out how to run the door opener off the battery. Lucky for him the unit is a 12V unit. And he likes the idea of putting the unit in the tool pocket area, maybe some time this semester he can look into it further.... There's that "unit" again ... you folks really have a "thing" about a "unit" .... hahaha ... sorry, I just find it funny ... probably coz of my twisted mind
GAWildKat Posted January 31, 2013 Author #18 Posted January 31, 2013 What can I say? Mike and I are both geeks? Funny thing is I'm here doing his intel certifications for work (it's an optional reward program perk through work) because there isn't enough hrs in the week for him to do these and it gives me something to do.
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