Added Info ELECTRONIC HOUSE Dec 1997 (v.12#6) pg. 73
Garage-door keypad. Build this device to operate a garage-door opener without the remote transmitter. This batteryless design takes its power from the two-wire relay circuit that already exists with most installed openers. Est. cost: $39 (kit).
ELECTRONICS NOW Jan 1999 (v.70#1) pg. 45
Photos and text describe the installation of an automatic garage door opener purchased in kit form from the Heath Company.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #107 Dec 1968 (v.18#6) pg. 42
How to install your own garage door operator.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #142 Feb 1973 (v.23#2) pg. 40
Photos show the step-by-step installation of an electric garage door opener.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #179 Mar 1977 (v.27#2) pg. 50
Buying automatic garage door openers. A look at the various features and their benefits.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #202 Oct 1979 (v.29#8) pg. 113
Photos show how to install an automatic garage door opener.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #251 Sep 1984 (v.34#7) pg. 117
How to install a garage door opener when you think there isn't enough room.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #286 Feb 1988 (v.38#2) pg. 61
Garage door safety. How to test your automatic garage door opener to make sure it is safe.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #313 Nov-Dec 1990 (v.40#10) pg. 56
Garage door opener repair. Things to check when the door doesn't open. A list of monthly safety checks. Phantom openings, reversal before cycle ends and drive maintenance covered.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #319 Jun 1991 (v.41#6) pg. 36
How to install an automatic garage door opener.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #340 Jul-Aug 1993 (v.43#7) pg. 43
Secret switch for your garage door opener is activated with a coin or other metal object.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #352 Oct 1994 (v.44#9) pg. 48
Tips on installing rubber vibration isolators on an automatic garage door to prevent transmitting vibrations to the attached house.
FINE HOMEBUILDING #91 Oct-Nov 1994 pg. 16
Upgrade an old switch-operated garage door opener to respond to your automobile headlights (high beam).
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Mar 1987 (v.4#3) pg. 26
Servicing automatic garage door openers. Includes circuits for testers to determine if your transmitter is working, plus tips on troubleshooting the receiver, motor-control circuit, etc.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS May 1988 (v.5#5) pg. 43
How to install a garage door opener.
HANDY ANDY Apr 1980 (v.4#7) pg. 41
Install a garage door transmitter under the car's dashboard so it opens with a pushbutton.
HOME MECHANIX #684 Apr 1985 (v.81) pg. 84
A guide to choosing and using a garage door opener. Includes installation tips.
HOME MECHANIX #700 Aug 1986 (v.82) pg. 48
Tip: How to improve the signal reception on an automatic garage door opener.
HOMEOWNER May 1984 (v.9#4) pg. 8
Make a hidden emergency switch to open an automatic garage door without the opener.
HOMEOWNER Mar 1985 (v.10#2) pg. 20
Tip: Bracket attached to an automatic garage door is positioned to flip on a light switch whenever the door is opened.
HOMEOWNER Dec 1986 (v.11#10) pg. 8
Basic maintenance tips for garage door openers.
HOMEOWNER Oct 1987 (v.12#8) pg. 70
Tip on reinforcing a metal or plastic garage door to withstand the stress of being opened and closed mechanically.
HOMEOWNER Oct 1989 (v.14#8) pg. 61
How to install an automatic garage-door opener yourself.
HOMEOWNERS HOW TO #2 Summer 1976 (v.1#2) pg. 62
Tip: Adapt an automatic garage door opener to work with older hinged garage doors (the double-door style that open in the middle and swing open on hinges).
HOMEOWNERS HOW TO Mar-Apr 1983 (v.8#2) pg. 38
How to install an electric garage door opener.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #510 Nov 1970 (v.66) pg. 114
How to install an electric garage door opener.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #539 Apr 1973 (v.69) pg. 96
How to install a radio controlled garage door opener. Article describes the installation of a NuTone Model G-577.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #594 Nov 1977 (v.73) pg. 148
How to install a garage door opener to open a large gate across your driveway.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #598 Mar 1978 (v.74) pg. 104
Make an emergency electric switch for garage door opener. Allows you to open the door with any piece of metal, such as a key, in case you lock yourself out of the garage.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #604 Sep 1978 (v.74) pg. 124
How to install an automatic garage door opener is illustrated in photos and text.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [1] Jul 1978 (v.1#5) pg. 66
Tip on installing a garage door opener control in a protected location on a motorcycle and activating it using a handlebar-mounted push button.
MOTORCYCLIST #1167 Jul 1994 pg. 120
How to install an automatic garage-door opener.
NEW SHELTER Nov-Dec 1985 (v.6#9) pg. 86
Headlight-operated garage door or light switch. Simple circuit is powered by 9-volt battery. Trips relay to operate door or light. Sensitivity can be adjusted.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Mar 1973 (v.3#3) pg. 33
An automatic garage-door closer. Simple circuit triggers electronic system to close gagare door after a selected time period. Est. cost: $15.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Mar 1979 (v.15#3) pg. 69
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Jul 1979 (v.16#1) pg. 6
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Oct 1979 (v.16#4) pg. 8
Photoelectric lamp control circuit allows an outdoor garage light to come on only when it is dark AND the automatic garage-door operator has been activated.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Nov 1989 (v.6#11) pg. 24
Electronic garage door opener. Circuit uses a keypad to activate an automatic garage door.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Sep 1997 (v.14#9) pg. 50
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jan 1998 (v.15#1) pg. 5
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Feb 1998 (v.15#2) pg. 5
Tip on using an X-10 transmitter to open a garage door.
POPULAR HOME AUTOMATION Mar 1997 (v.2#1) pg. 27
An electric garage door opener. Est. cost: $35.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1963 (v.120#6) pg. 172
Tips on installing an automatic garage door opener.
POPULAR MECHANICS Apr 1968 (v.129#4) pg. 171
How to install a low-cost garage door opener.
POPULAR MECHANICS Apr 1973 (v.139#4) pg. 170
Photos illustrate the installation of an automatic garage door opener.
POPULAR MECHANICS Feb 1978 (v.149#2) pg. 130
Build an emergency outside release cord for your electric garage door opener. Allows you to open door if power fails.
POPULAR MECHANICS Oct 1980 (v.154#4) pg. 40
How to install an automatic garage door opener.
POPULAR MECHANICS Oct 1989 (v.166#10) pg. 95
How to install a chain-driven garage door opener.
POPULAR MECHANICS Apr 1994 (v.171#4) pg. 78
Four tamperproof ways to operate your automatic garage door. Use radio control, key switch, magnetic wand, or induction coil transmitter.
POPULAR SCIENCE Nov 1967 (v.191#5) pg. 126
Spring-mounted garage doors will open themselves if you tighten the springs. Use this principle to make a non-electric "automatic" garage door opener which is operated by your car touching the trip lever on the outside of the door.
POPULAR SCIENCE Aug 1973 (v.203#2) pg. 124
Electric lock uses ten push-button switches. The correct switches must be pushed simultaneously to activate an automatic garage door opener.
POPULAR SCIENCE Nov 1980 (v.217#5) pg. 121
Tip: Make your electric garage door more burglar proof by installing an "open" between the key switch and the opener. This "open" must be bridged with a coin for key to activate opener.
POPULAR SCIENCE May 1982 (v.220#5) pg. 154
How to install a garage-door opener. Tips from a professional.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1982 (v.221#1) pg. 91
Remote control garage door opener.
SCIENCE & MECHANICS #218 Jun 1963 (v.34#6) pg. 68
Tip for muffling a loud automatic garage-door opener.
TODAY'S HOMEOWNER #816 Jun 1997 (v.93) pg. 92
Installing a garage door opener is illustrated step-by-step.
TODAY'S HOMEOWNER #836 Jun 1999 (v.95) pg. 70
Tip on using a switched 110-volt outlet to provide an extra measure of security for your automatic garage door.
WOOD MAGAZINE #81 Sep 1995 (v.12#6) pg. 15
A look at garage door operators and how to mount them on four styles of garage doors.
WORKBENCH Mar-Apr 1974 (v.30#2) pg. 38
Lock for a single-piece garage door opens automatically whenever the garage door opener is activated.
WORKBENCH Jan-Feb 1985 (v.41#1) pg. 31