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Garage door opener now uses Cherry MX Blues (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by riskable@programming.dev to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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Manufacturer wanted $25 (+shipping) for a replacement garage door opener wall switch. 13 minutes of printing + 5 minutes of soldering + two leftover Cherry MX Blue switches (that I'll be use) and the problem is solved 👍

Note: The wiring was slightly more involved than I thought... needed a resistor for the light (there's only two wires but it's got two functions: Light on/off and garage open/close.

If folks are interested I could make a much fancier PCB-based version with screw terminals and whatnot. It's a very trivial schematic.

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[–] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did you complete the PCB?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Nah. The inlaws seem to be satisfied with the way it is right now and I've got better things to do 🤷

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Very resourceful, I like it.

Added benefit: you'll definitely hear it if someone tries to open the garage door and steal all your stuff in the middle of the night

CLACK

[–] TheFlame@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is so stupid, but I love it so much. 🤣 I’m tempted to give it a try, but I’m worried that once I get used to mechanical switches on my garage door opener - I’ll need them throughout the rest of the house too.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do it! Normal garage door openers are good for like 1,000 cycles (if that, haha). With these switches it should be good for 50 million.

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

You have to replace the door hinges and rollers a few times to get that life.