Garage Door Opener Light Wires

Install a piece of 12 2 with ground cable between the ceiling cutout for the light and the garage door opener s motor housing.

Garage door opener light wires.

Genie s new led garage door opener bulb was designed specifically for garage door openers to eliminate the problems associated with light bulb usage in traditional garage door opener applications. Standard led light bulbs can create significant interference between your remote and the garage door opener. However genie uses clips to secure the wires to the opener rail rather than stapling the wires to the ceiling. Most garage door opener light sockets will pop straight out by pinching the tab that is holding it in the motor housing.

Wiring a sensor for a genie garage door opener is much like any other opener. Cut this cable so that it extends 18 inches from the ceiling opening. Basically what you need to do is attach the outlet feed wires to the back of the garage light switch to estabilish a passthrough circuit. Disconnect both wires and install them on your new light socket.

Step 1 unroll the low voltage wires on each side of the door from the sensor back toward the genie power head. Amazon s choice for garage door opener wire 20m 66ft 20awg 2pin extension cable wire cord line for single color led strip ribbon lights 3528 5050 2 wire 20 gauge parallel wire 4 7 out of 5 stars 169.