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I run a prop that employs a wired switch to activate an old garage-door opener.
Hoping to go wireless, I picked up a remote-controlled outlet with the idea being I would eliminate the switch - i.e., permanently close the circuit - and therefore activate the garage-door opener by remotely turning on the juice.
Problem is the motor won't engage when I turn the juice on; i.e., the circuit has to be broken and re-engaged before the motor will function.
Not sure if this is some sort of safety function in the garage-door opener or if I'm violating some basic electrical principle due to my vast levels of ignorance.
Can anyone suggest a way around the issue? If not, is there a relatively straightforward way to fashion a remote switch? I'm really kinda stuck on the idea of eliminating the wired switch.
Cheers,
JD
Hoping to go wireless, I picked up a remote-controlled outlet with the idea being I would eliminate the switch - i.e., permanently close the circuit - and therefore activate the garage-door opener by remotely turning on the juice.
Problem is the motor won't engage when I turn the juice on; i.e., the circuit has to be broken and re-engaged before the motor will function.
Not sure if this is some sort of safety function in the garage-door opener or if I'm violating some basic electrical principle due to my vast levels of ignorance.
Can anyone suggest a way around the issue? If not, is there a relatively straightforward way to fashion a remote switch? I'm really kinda stuck on the idea of eliminating the wired switch.
Cheers,
JD