Best Way to use a Door Sensor on a GARAGE DOOR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Contact, aka door, sensors can be used for much more than just doors and windows if you're creative enough. If you're anything like me, then you have probably purchased some of these when they've gone on sale and have a few extra lying around. Using these on a garage door is surprisingly easy when paired with the secret ingredient.... a hinge! In this quick video, I go over how I installed the sensor on the hinge and how it works. Enjoy!
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It may be worth mentioning that the hinge and contact sensor should be placed as high up as possible on the garage door. If the garage door is open a foot off the ground and there is still contact, it really is not a very secure option. If it breaks contact without leaving much of an opening at the bottom of the door, then this is indeed a nice solution.
This video might be 3 years old, but it is still the best way to install garage door sensor, been going crazy looking for a solution. Thanks.
We just installed a Ring security system and I used one of their contact sensors in this way on my garage door. It works great! Thanks for the idea.
I'm going to do this for my garage doors on my RING system. Thank you for a solution.
Thanks for this great tip! I just switched alarm services and now I don't have to order a more expensive tilt sensor for the garage door! Genius! Works perfectly!
Interesting solution. However if you are comfortable soldering then you can just replace the internal magnetic (reed) switch with a tilt switch that can be bought on ebay for around $1 for a bag of 10. I did that modification to similar door/window sensors several years ago and it worked great. I installed them on the top of my garage door so that my home automation system can sense when the garage door is open and added one to my mailbox so that I can get notified when someone (ideally the mail delivery person) opens my mailbox.
this is also cool for people who have Ring systems that don't have tilt sensor yet and also have spare contact sensors. Voila, DIY tilt sensor. Thanks so much!
Nice idea, thx for sharing. I've had an inexpensive RF door switch mounted in 2 different locations and both spots had issues will take a look at trying this soon. Using a Sonoff rf bridge to send signal to wifi for Home assistant to monitor. Fun stuff.
This is a brilliant solution! Simple engineering and does the job!
A lot of systems offer a tilt sensor that does this same thing basically. This is an innovative idea. Awesome for systems that do not offer a tilt sensor. Right on!
Nice video! It's nice to see people running with this idea.
this is very ingenious way and i struggled to install my own circuit and gave up, it still ready to be installed but never thought of this :) thank you!
Thanks for posting this.
Well done! I had just recently changed my alarm system and installed another alarm system. The system came with multiple door sensors, and I was wondering if I could use one on the garage door without having to buy a tilt sensor. Well, thanks to your video, I was able to do just what you have demonstrated on this video, and it works better than the tilt sensors that I had previously owned! The only thing was I had to put a buffer under the magnet ( a felt strip ) so the the magnet would drop when the door was opened. Thanks for a great video! You're a genius!
Taylor this is absolutely clever AF. Thanks for the great idea, I'm going to give it a go.
I have my contact sensor attached to the top of the door & header, rather than to the bottom/floor. Works great and didn't need extra supplies.
This is the way I do it. As a alarm installer
Great info , I did this with my garage door today . It was easy to do and very helpful
Brilliant and just what I need.
GREAT IDEA! I’m gonna try this with the Ring alarm system I just purchased!
Just installed a similar tilt sensor based on your idea. I also have a home built zwave door opener controlled by Alexa. Thanks for your idea!
Thanks for the tip!
pretty cool, i prefer hardwired however so as to not have to worry about battery replacement
That is a brilliant idea! Thank you.
Hey Drew. What if I have a detached garage that is away from my house. How can I increase the range to reach there?
Great idea. Will the adhesive tape work at -10°C (14° F)?
Wow, simply! This is what I was after thank you.
Very nice solution
great solution. thanks for the idea!
Best idea. Thank you.
Thanks for the tip.
Can I set up the sensor and monitor it with Alexa Echo Show?
maybe attach with double sided tape to make sure placement is correct and it functions properly before you drill and install?
That is a cool little hack to make the switch work on the garage door. Samsung has just updated all the sensors and I bought the new multi purpose for 19.99 at Best Buy and same price on Amazon. It has an option to use it as a tilt sensor without the magnet and seemed to work great when testing. All the new Samsung sensors have come down in price. It's only been a day but seems to work great for 19.99 as I have to see how it holds up along with the battery.
I use one on my garage door and it works great.
thx for the info; so the old multi purpose sensor cannot be used as a tilt sensor?
I have the newer one, so not sure about the older model. there is a setting you can toggle to make it a garage door sensor.
Good idea, I use the Samsung Multi sensor on my garage door.
Is there a door sensor you've found that takes regular batteries? I have a tried a bunch but battery life isn't great and they take oddball battery sizes.
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Great idea for a wireless contact sensor mount. Thanks for sharing man. New sub here!
Brilliant!!
This worked perfectly for me but my sensor was magnetic but just put on some foam tape and working perfectly with a eufy entry sensor 😅
Hi Taylor,
Any recommendations for a zigbee repeater for Xiaomi sensors in Europe? Thanks
This is a great idea! Question - do you find the sensor bouncing or "jiggling" too much while the door is in operation, causing a ton of open/close notifications?
Couldn't you just stick the sensor on the chain drive trolley so the two pieces slide apart from each other?
I think this is a good idea, albeit with one possible draw back. What if a theive pries your garage door just a few feet off the ground. Enough for them to just slip in? The only way I see this could work better is to put device on the very top of garage door section and not mid section or lower.
It seems to me this will only work if your door is all the way open. Your door could be opened partially and it will still read as being closed. You may want to install the sensor as high on the door as possible.
No...it goes on the top panel.
Genius. Why not put it at the top of the garage door action so it doesn't have any moving parts? I'll try it and get back to you.
I don’t know who you are, but I know genius when I see it.
You didn't show how a signal from that contact shows somewhere in the house as a signal!
What battery is used in the sensor?
Man, this is a great idea! I have gone through several 2GIG sensors trying to glue them to the bottom/side, and the magnet side keeps getting caught up in the track and eventually comes loose, no matter how much glue I try. One question, is there a special type of screw you need to install the bracket in the aluminum/steel garage door? Looked like your drill went in just fine but I’m not the handiest guy and not sure if there’s any special screw or drill bit needed. Thank you!
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Bravo! I've been looking for a sensor option that is discrete. What sensor type did you use or recommend?
Simple cheap and brilliant idea! BUT will it work with the Wyze sensors you reviewed? From that video the sensors had what appeared to be a much greater contact separation connect range than the hinge allowed for there and maybe would not recognize the disconnect?
I'm installing Wyze entry sensors now and I don't expect an issue. If you're concerned you could use a long hinge so the magnet separates further.
Hoping to use this with Wyze Sensor Contacts, which then trigger my garage and from of house cameras.
Would like to see the video of setup on SmartThings when open and close.
Genious!
Seems this guy did it back in 2015 th-cam.com/video/o49xC-AXY9w/w-d-xo.html assuming this is a battery operated sensor, so periodic changing of the battery is required? And the alarm in in the house???
I am the guy who video you linked. Thanks. It is battery operated. I changed it every 1.5 years, give or take. This isn't tied to an alarm.
my garage is detached so wifi is not really an option , i use 2 ultra cheap quiachip relays with my broadlink RM pro ,it can be integrated into smartthings with beckyricha's custom DTH but i have not done it ,i just use RM plugin running on my android box as a bridge for alexa and a few other tricks to get it working with GH/GA through IFTTT via webhooks, for the "sensor i just wired a $1.50 SPDT momentary button switch i got off ebay from china,my first idea was to attach it to a magnet to stick it on the rail so that the trolley pressed in the button when the door was up ,but for some odd reason my door did not rest in the same up position so i had to put it at the bottom instead
but then i got a better idea , use an arduino pro mini, connected to a relay and an ultrasonic sensor
Mesh wifi!!
Try using a tilt switch (which are dirt cheap on ebay)
daaam son ! you got some brain I even save this video
Can anyone tel me what type of sensor was used? The link adjacent to the picture doesn't work.
I used the go control door/window sensors here. The link to them is in the description box of this video.
@@TaylorTech Thanks! I didn't expand the description box. What about the receiver/alarm? Was hoping to find one that plugs in so I can keep it in one spot.
Which receiver are you talking about? I'm using a dome siren as my alarm in the house.
@@TaylorTech I know your time is valuable. Though you didn't show what receiver you used, I just need a basic receiver, preferably one I can plug in and has volume options.
Receiver for what exactly? Speakers? I don't have one in my house
Looking at doing the exact same thing.
I used a different hinge, but ya...wirks better than a tilt sensor.
So if a thief lifts the door just enough to get inside, (lets say 2 feet) your setup will fail?
Why can't it just go on the side of the door?
not a bad idea dude.
Smart. Now- best battery life door sensor? Zigbee or zwave- don’t want to use circular batteries.
Honestly, these are the best that I have experienced.
The old "let gravity do the dirty work" trick eh?
it worked but you have to get non ferrous door hinges or the dang magnet sticks to the metal hinge.....
Nope. It doesn't matter. Mine are steel and it works just fine with a ring sensor. I put the magnet side on the hinge.
@@mikespunchlist magnet gets stuck on hinge. Great idea any way :)
@@MrJobe123 Mine never gets stuck on hinge. The trick is to use a bigger hinge. Mine are the old hinges from my front door. Yep..big and heavy. I cleaned them up drove the pin out and lubed them up and painted them. I have had no problems since install over a month ago.
Tony, that's my exact problem. The Nest system uses a very strong magnet on the part that attaches to the hinge. It keeps the hinge from falling, and if it does fall, it sticks to the upper section. Ugh.
@Compass Automotive This is exactly how mine is isntalled. th-cam.com/video/o49xC-AXY9w/w-d-xo.html
This will tell you when the garage door opens but will it tell you when the garage door is closed?
Yes.
Well????
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Buy the Samsung smartthings multi purpose sensor! It has a garage door setting that only requires the one sensor & works with the internal gyroscope. Save yourself all of this nonsense.
Not with ring.