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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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Well with the idea from others I've read on the forum I installed my garage door opener today. Just soldered two wires to the garage door opener, then velcroed it to the top of the radio. Then installed a momentary switch (part #275-1566a) that I got from Radio Shack. Works perfect.....


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that will be handy for sure
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Sounds like a good Idea except for having to remove the fairing each time your batteries go dead....
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:29 PM
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I like the location you picked for the switch. I got all the stuff for mine except for time.
 
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I don't think the batteries go dead all that often. However, I think I would have sprung for a water-proof switch.

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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 06:27 AM
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how do you know what to solder to in the switch itself?
 
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 06:28 AM
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great job btw
 
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If it's a 12 volt opener you can wire it to the bike's power & forget changin' the battery. I used the same battery source my GPS runs off of.............
 
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Battery goes dead about every two years and fairing comes off in about five minutes, so no big deal there.

I had this switch on my boat that I used for a horn. The SG won't see a 100th of the water that my boat switch did and it never failed.
 
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looks good, lots of different ideas for a garage door opener
 
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