Garage Door Opener - ADJUSTABLE LED LIGHT HACK 💡💡💡

[@2HAMMERS1]

I do not have a garage, I enjoyed your video, I adore your sense of humor - I watched it right to the end, your one funny man. Montreal, Quebec

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks mate - great to know that I have put some joy out there

[@Zebra_3]

Go Habs Go!

[@pmf5427]

Thank you for this video! The short and rigid extender was unappealing to me, so I found a 6.6 FT E26 socket extender on Amazon that uses a cord instead of a metal conduit and hung my LED from the ceiling. Now I can see in the garage when the door opens! Thank you once again for sharing your innovative improvement.

[@AStack75]

I just did this upgrade using the light extension linked in your description. It was very simple and is a huge improvement. Thanks for posting this.

[@rw3476]

This literally saved my life. Well done and simple. Thanks.

[@Kitearmy]

wow - great pls throw me a sub

[@bluzzjazz]

Thanks for posting. I just put two LED tri-lights in the back of the garage, replacing the floods. I'd like more light in the front and this gets rid of that pathetic corkscrew light! Perfect!!

[@Kitearmy]

Glad I could help

[@steveb1748]

Awesome, I was literlly going to brighten up my mother-in-laws garage until I saw this. Never new this extension existed. Just ordered two. Thanks for the video.

[@Kitearmy]

KiteArmy makes mother-in-laws happy

[@johnnyv5995]

I remodeled my double-garage 6months ago and did this hack on both my 20 year old Sears Craftsman openers and WOW just lovin the output.

[@Kitearmy]

Cool - the down side is now I see how messy my garage is :(

[@kpsher367]

Timings of this video couldn't be more right for me. Thank You.

[@davewilson7255]

I also had no idea an extender existed. I ordered a 2-pack that's offered through your link. Thank you so much!

[@Kitearmy]

👍😀😜

[@markqi4783]

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[@guillermoosuna6621]

OMG what you have done? Please don’t buy those things for your garage door opener

[@bartdelabarre3432]

Timing is everything! Last night I was thinking about splicing the wing light into the garage door circuit. GREAT vid, as entertaining as informative. Definitely subscribe.

[@Kitearmy]

welcome

[@mikeslomski7063]

Did it tonight on a craftsman belt drive, worked great! Good idea, much brighter now!

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks - make sure you sub

[@elizabethmizglewski8169]

Thank you so much for this inspirational video. After 3 years, my husband was finally inspired to change the broken lightbulb in our garage. We must coordinate future projects.

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks - I made this video just for him

[@DarksouIjah]

Thanks for this and your humor. I would have lost it if you screamed when you grabbed the lightbulb pretending to get burned.

[@Kitearmy]

missed that opportunity

[@MichaelWellsMW]

Came here for something EXACTLY like this. The back of my garage is nice and bright, the front half sucks, precisely because of my garage door opener. :-)

[@pennya]

I'm a little late to the table, but watched your video the other day, ordered the components that day, package arrived today and I installed. This works great. Thank you for the video!

[@Kitearmy]

Great to hear!

[@russelloppenheimer3970]

Moment I started watching this I thought, one of those adapters that screws into lightbulb socket, with an outlet plug. Then get one (or more) of those cheap, ceramic wall/ceiling mount hardwire lightbulb sockets. Then just take an old extension cord or one of those things you can useto replace the plug on an appliance if it breaks. Now you can mount the light where you want and it'll stay put.

[@matthewcraig7000]

As a garage installer, by profession, I must put out there that putting LED lights by your garage opener can sometimes interfere with the communication with your wireless remotes both in your vehicle and the exterior keypads. It is a great idea and may not effect ALL openers, but I personally have encountered the issue where the customer installed LED lights and immediately good remotes barely work outside of the garage. But KUDOS on the ingenuity.

[@crossbow3539]

Matthew Craig I was gonna say the same thing but now I don’t have to. I put a higher lumen led bulb in my opener and the door wouldn’t close when I used the remote. I thought oh no I guess my opener went bad. Then thought well the problem didn’t start until I changed the bulbs so put the old bulb back in and was glad I didn’t need a new opener. Now they make leds specifically for openers so I put a couple of those in and now no problem.

[@Kitearmy]

@@crossbow3539 thanks all - my range on my opener is about 500feet - maybe because the bulb is outside of the unit

[@piezoman79]

I just installed new genie openers to replace ~4 year old chamberlains with myQ that refused to work with feit led bulbs. The genies have at least 400’ range with the same bulbs, so I don’t know what the difference is but I have no complaints with my genies.

[@Kitearmy]

@@piezoman79 I have been happy with my Genie too - really quiet

[@tylerwalsh6732]

@@Kitearmy It's a flaw in the Liftmaster boards, it causes an excessive power draw through a resistor near the receiver part of the board which reduces the range it can pickup a remote from.

[@mainerdiy8399]

This is a genius idea. Gonna be installing my opener soon and i wanted a way to tie an existing led shop light to it so I didn't have to run another switch. Thanks for the great video.

[@guillermoosuna6621]

Don’t do it, that’s bad for your opener

[@dc5duben96]

had no idea those socket extensions were a thing, thanks!

[@Kitearmy]

Sure

[@splxty2897]

Garage door tech here. You will have interference issues because of the radio frequency. This can also damage your circuit board and any tech worth their salt, will know this is the damage cause. That makes you have NO warranty and are back out the money of a new opener.

[@rr84]

I didn't know that extension existed?!?!? I'm definitely adding that LED light to the garage door. I'm glad I came across your channel.

[@Kitearmy]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@MrNanah38]

I just bought one for my basement and let me tell you, they are bright. Very nice.

[@Kitearmy]

yes sir

[@tsnstt]

This guy is my favorite. Love him!!

[@Kitearmy]

back to ya :)

[@kennethn.9960]

you got a great sense of humor. love it. Thanks for sharing

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@edpowell5754]

Well what I did was use a screw in socket for the garage door opener that takes a regular 110 plug. I used a long extention cord reaching to the back of the garage then mounted 2 electrical work boxes with light fixtures. The bulbs were 60 watt (DAYLIGHT) LED's. So now when backing in the vehicle it's easier to see at night. The extention cord was good enough as I was going to use 14 guage romex but like I said, the heavy duty extention cord worked just fine.

[@AT99_TKT]

I like your idea. I bought a set of two of those LED lights. I put one up in the middle of the garage ceiling and the other one has been sitting in the box. Now I can use both of them. 👍🏼😀

[@Kitearmy]

Very cool!

[@PainterD54]

Do some experimenting with LED bulbs because they can screw up the signal of your garage door opener and sometimes it won't work when the lights are on. I had a problem with mine after installing LED bulbs in the opener. I had no range from the automotive button. I had to be right in front of the garage for the opener to work. Before with the old bulbs in the opener, the signal work work coming up the driveway.

[@dapperdan3204]

I did this in my garage but I used an adapter in the light socket to plug in an extension cord. I then used two four foot LED lights spaced out in the garage. It really lights it up.

[@Kitearmy]

Great idea

[@soyelmismo17]

Same here, I feel like I’m in Hollywood when I come home

[@woodstream6137]

Sounds great. I think my garage door opener wall control has a button for the light. Auto on when i user the opener or manually turn on when I'm in the garage.

[@UncleFjester]

*Cool light extension thingy, but I wonder if using that, would place the LED further from the opener to get rid of the interference and range issue I have*

[@Kitearmy]

That could work out

[@pielcanela365]

You are a genius. I was about to pay an electrician to wire me a fixture so I could put one those lights up. Thank You!!!

[@Kitearmy]

Excellent!

[@tonydentonarms4112]

I put this lights in my shop , house garage, and pole barn I highly recommend these lights

[@Kitearmy]

Cool

[@frankpequeno2430]

Because of your humor I have just subscribed!

[@Kitearmy]

must be a gluten for punishment

[@johngilliam8864]

I installed 6000k Barrina LED 48" light strips in the ceiling perimeter of my entire garage and connected them to my garage door opener! It's so bright I light up my drive way at night!

[@TheGrainSideUp]

Nice video and thanks for the information. I actually put one of these LED lights in my attic for more lighting after the HVAC service guy kept telling me that there wasn't enough light (our main unit is in the attic).

[@Kitearmy]

Very cool!

[@billyc8121]

Loved this and I have installed them in my garage. What a difference! Super video and I highly recommend this simple improvement to any garage. The only thing Im concerned about is that it does not interfere with the garage remote like some LEDS do. So far Ive had zero issues with interference but I have awesome light in the garage now.

[@Kitearmy]

Glad you like it!

[@fishycomics]

I did that the day I got the first craftsman and think that was before youtube was invented LOL, I am about o do another hack on these types of garage led lights again

[@Kitearmy]

life before youtube - sad

[@erikruhl446]

LED lights will eventually interfere with the RF on the receiver. You can loose range. Sometimes it does it right away some times it takes a while but I see this problem all the time

[@Yellowhammer_Kayak_Anglers]

Yes, I had the same experience with led lights in garage door opener

[@splxty2897]

It can actually cause damage to the radio receiver, and that’s a non warranty part.

[@gmontalvo2]

Saw this, I did it and man it worked like a charm.

[@emmexfyv]

I just put a couple of the paddle style LED lights in the garage, in regular ceiling sockets, but they work off a wall switch. I like the idea of one dead center off the opener as well - then I'd have 3 and the garage with the white walls and ceiling could probly be seen from Mars LOL - great vid!

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks mate

[@guillermoosuna6621]

Unless you don’t care about your garage door opener please don’t follow the advice on the video.

[@Of_the_House_of_Black]

I'm curious if this held up. My garage door opener says it will support up to a 100W bulb. The extender you used supports up to a 100W bulb. I currently have a similar problem, except the fixture is too close to the chain. I have a 4 panel bulb in there right now that is 1000W equivalent and pulls 145W. I was looking for a solution when I cam upon your video. I'm currently on the search for a similar gooseneck that can support a higher wattage.

[@jspinosa50]

The LED's can interfear with the remote control frequency signal, it did on mine. Good idea if you if it works.

[@Kitearmy]

mine work great

[@Americaacp]

Your the man !

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks mate!

[@D70X1C]

This may be the most useful, to the point, video I’ve ever watched. Keep it up!

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks mate - so glad you liked

[@jamesarnold2851]

Great idea! I was fortunate my boss let me have 4 4 feet fluorescent lights! Each had 4 bulbs already in them so I got a friend who happens to be a contractor to hook them up. Man they look so professional and my garage is so light up now. Had I not been so fortunate I would have done it your way. Great video

[@Kitearmy]

nice to have good friends

[@woodstream6137]

I would retrofit with LEDS 👍

[@johnomalley8192]

Like it! The base is E26 just to let you know.

[@Kitearmy]

yeah that was a small brain fart!

[@asdfnone1346]

I use LED bulb on my Liftmaster that has yellow antenna and yellow learn button for almost two years now. So far, I don't have any issue for using LED bulb, my garage isn't bright enough whenever I get off my car. I'm excited to give this a shot!

[@Kitearmy]

let us know how it works out

[@RedHeadAvenger]

I got these lights last year but never thought about adding one to my GDO. Great idea.

[@Kitearmy]

cool

[@DiyintheGhetto]

Pretty cool setup. I’m going to buy a couple for my work shop next week. Thank you

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks mate

[@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644]

Nice hack 👍 Never seen those extensions, thanks for the link. On the way.

[@Kitearmy]

No problem 👍

[@DLG2112]

We've done about 15 service calls last year because of frequency issues with those lights. (Small% w1000's of them that are working as they should) Walk in the garage unscrewed from the socket. Remote work again as they should.

[@Kitearmy]

That sure is a problem for some - not me mate

[@cupcakemcgee3175]

I have had two in my garage for about a year now,not the same brand but what a huge difference like daylight.

[@Kitearmy]

Yeah and they sip power

[@Bill_Me]

Awesome 👏 I should have thought of the whole flexible Gooseneck Light adjustable thang 🤔........But I didn’t 💁🏼‍♂️ THANK YOU 🙏

[@Kitearmy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Muzicboy3]

Nice … might add more lights lol … I already have some in my regular light fixtures lol

[@Kitearmy]

cool

[@dbstelly]

I did this a few months ago but I had a plug that screwed into a socket. So had to use a plug in socket. Your way was much neater. Great minds think alike!😂👍

[@Kitearmy]

Your mind is way greater than my feeble mind

[@timerider313]

Wow, I never knew about that extension. Thanks for sharing!

[@Kitearmy]

No problem!

[@danielwake2430]

If you start having issues with range or responsiveness on your garage door remote, it's because LEDs can cause radio interference in a lot of the older opener models.

[@jtsmith1940]

Yes thanks for that.

[@splxty2897]

Not even older. Yellow button liftmasters. I know from professional experience.

[@danielwake2430]

The security+ 2.0 liftmasters have been out for almost a decade now, they aren't necessarily new. I do doors in an industrial setting at this point, and I'm not super up on the current state of the residential operators. The main manufacturers have known about this issue for quite some time now.

[@splxty2897]

@@danielwake2430 resi yellow I’ve only seen back 6-8 years

[@danielwake2430]

They came out in like 2011 or 12, which is pretty on par with the previous boards that had about a 10 year production run. I would imagine they're due for an upgrade that addresses the interference issue.

[@harryh1097]

I hv genie and they hv led 2 point connection for their special led bulb. N[t regular one like yours. Can we get extension for that too?

[@JefferLin]

Thanks for the video. How do you program to have the light stay on for extended use?

[@christopherking365]

I have a genie like the one shown in the video and there is a wall mounted pad available that allows you to turn on the light, lock the whole thing down, as well as open the garage door too. If you have a different brand, a wall switch similar to this may be available.

[@JefferLin]

@@christopherking365 Thanks!

[@user-vd9fz5ey9m]

Here’s a wild concept. Instead of overloading and creating interference for the remote you just install some real lights in the garage. On a switch. That you can control like a normal light. Just a thought.

[@jeffhaddox2239]

I’ve been looking for this solution for a year. Not for the garage opener , but my light socket is on the wall, not the ceiling. I had bought one of these led lights when you could only get them online, for my former garage ,and it lit up that garage great. That garage had finished walls , ceiling, and was painted. My current 50 year old garage , is more dungeon like and need some work.Warning on these fixtures, don’t look towards the light before you turn it on. I had no idea I was doing this until bought this light. It will cause short term blindness🤣😎

[@Kitearmy]

They are bright for sure - thanks for comment

[@danadirectmarketing]

Great vid, but how can you continue to use the light once the usual delay timer has elapsed?

[@Kitearmy]

i have a light override button

[@danadirectmarketing]

Thank you. So the light override button is near the light?

[@johnsnyder6646]

Great Hack. Ordered 2-packs of each item to do 2 garages. Thanks!

[@Kitearmy]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@bsbawa10]

Very nice and really helpful video. Thanks so much.

[@TheDeucecoop]

I did this exact set up with my 3/4 hp craftsman garage door opener. The remote clickers didnt work very well after that. I did extend the antenna to outside the door. I have read that the frequency signal can be affected by certain lights. I am still trying to sort out this setup. The lights are great.

[@Kitearmy]

It seems to depend what brand you have - mine do not effect my opener at all

[@guillermoosuna6621]

Don’t use those lights anymore because you’re gonna end up buying a new opener

[@siddharthgolchha]

Were you able to sort this out?

[@TheDeucecoop]

@@siddharthgolchha I used the brightest LED lights in their original position in the opener. I couldn't solve the door opening issue with the clickers. I used the adjustable LED lights in the attic above the garage. They didn't seem compatible with my opener.

[@yttomass]

We recently moved and I have replaced my garage door opener bulbs with 100watt LED's bulb. The base on garage door have always been a problem for wide LED bases so I found a set of 1" A19 extensions on Amazon so that the wide base will make contact and not intermittently work. They work great now but changing to LED has introduced a new problem...when the lights are on the EMI from the LED's are blocking the signal to my remote openers in the cars and the outside Remote door opener unless I wait 5 minutes for the lights to go ut from inactivity. I have some toroidal coils and NickelZinc and ManganeseZinc ferrite coils on order for the sensor and openers wires but was wondering if extending the antenna would also help overcome the EFI radiation?

[@paulshaar4187]

Hey Friend, the link is NOT the same light with 4 light wings that you are using, I want the light that has four lighting prongs. What is the link or at least the name and item number to the light you are using so I can get one? Thank you.

[@a.r.bigdog8957]

Wow!! Great idea. My wife will be thrilled when I complete this hack! I will subscribe and check out your other vids. Thanks bro

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks for the sub!

[@neelmony2931]

I did this with the gooseneck extension a year ago. Thanks for sharing it.

[@Kitearmy]

You bet

[@goovitoo]

Can you use a dimmer with it if it doesnt say anything about it? I got 3 pannel 45w , looking to buy a a cord with a portable base dont know if to buy the on off switch or the dimmer switch?

[@soldier4christ339]

Thaaaank you brother much needed hack

[@Kitearmy]

Sure!

[@garyholloway12]

Any fix for the light doing an auto off after a couple of mins?

[@jeffreyvanhorn1996]

If one is that bright, two has to be sunscreen-required. This was excellent! I just ordered the stuff. I'll see how one does, and may order one for the second socket. Thank you very much!

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks

[@davidbiren2062]

Clever. Nice presentation too.

[@Kitearmy]

Thank you kindly!

[@frankmmiii]

That gooseneck is great. I've never seen that before. Could possibly be used in other projects. Thank You for posting the video and links to the items.

[@Kitearmy]

You are very welcome

[@martydelgado3672]

Awesome garage light hack. Thanks for sharing.

[@Kitearmy]

You bet

[@kenmodel3289]

2 questions.... the link to the led light is for a 3 light not a 4 as you used. The gooseneck is rated for 100w, but you said your led light is 120 watts.

[@jeffo1108]

It doesn't draw 120w, the light output is equivalent to a 120w incadessant bulb. LEDs draw a fraction of that.

[@sroth8087]

They sell these with motion sensors built in. I have one in the garage door opener circuit with motion. And two more that are switchable on the wall. Any movement in the garage and the light comes on. We love them!

[@Kitearmy]

Very cool!

[@Dave-ni4vg]

Where do you get the motion sensor one

[@sroth8087]

Had to have been Amazon. The light is screw in and you need to get a screw in adapter with ac prongs to 🔌 in.

[@carrotzcarrotz5623]

Easy and simple but brilliant idea good job

[@Kitearmy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jaymo9085]

You are a stinking genius.

[@Kitearmy]

thanks mate - I do smell

[@김부장-z9x]

winner of the world strongest man of 2021 is "kite army"

[@Kitearmy]

I won 2020 too

[@666dynomax]

Wonder if these work with chamberlain.. They've had issues with led bulbs interfering with opener remote

[@Kitearmy]

some work, some don't

[@BobFesler]

idea was great BUT my garage light auto shuts off and when it is off, there is no power to the lights sockets in the garage door opener, any ideas?

[@Kitearmy]

I can turn mine on

[@ywan1]

Love this idea! Great job!

[@Kitearmy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@donaldbadgett5971]

I've installed one of those 3 panel lights for garage lighting , my garage door opener has a LED bulb in it and they work fine I wonder if it is because these "newer" garage door openers which mine is NOT- I wonder because of their remote control operating frequency along with the fact some of these "newer" garage door openers can operate thru WIFI services because technology is the norm, I wonder if that could be a contributing issue?

[@PositiveROI]

Simple yet effective. Nice job

[@dmwi1549]

You mention 125 watts. Is that actual load or equivalent to 125 watts of incandescent light? I ask because normally all light fixtures have a maximum wattage for light bulbs on a sticker inside near the sockets. This is to prevent over amp draw as well as the associated heat which can cause damage or fire. Is that socket and/or wiring getting hot?

[@piano999]

Thank you so much

[@Kitearmy]

You're most welcome

[@sammyday3341]

Fantastic! Thank you.

[@MichaelWellsMW]

BTW, the link for the lamp takes you to a page with pictures of the lights, and the normal thumbnails down the side, but says the product is: 2 Pack Wireless Lavalier Microphone for iPhone, iPad Professional Lapel Microphone with Noise Reduction And they don't know when it will be in stock... Never seen that on an Amazon page before, but these would be MASSIVE lav mics.

[@brandenkreuzberger2753]

Sometimes the LED bulb can take more power to start and eventually harm the board on the operator as well

[@nousername5673]

Are there any socket extenders that branch off from the base into two metal “wires”? Would like to ziptir to both sides of garage door opener, but the opener only has one socket.

[@Kitearmy]

prob not - too many watts per socket

[@nousername5673]

@@Kitearmy How many watts is yours? Link in the description leads to a microphone.

[@vg247]

You rock this is outstanding ❤

[@Kitearmy]

Thanks mate

[@ashishm]

What about wattage? Is it still withing wattage supported by garage opener light socket? Can it be potential fire hazard?

[@czwolinski]

Is there any way to past the timer on the remote so the light will stat on longer?

[@scottsmith3236]

Your opener on the wall may have a few buttons. One of them turns the light on and off.

[@alanlau3278]

Great hack! It may or may not work with Chamberlain garage door openers. For some reason some LED bulbs will impair the ability to receive signals from either a remote or a wireless keypad. I found that out the hard way and everything went back to normal by using either an incandescent bulb or a compact fluorescent bulb. Some Chamberlin-approved LED bulbs will work.

[@Kitearmy]

Good tip!

[@bobdrexler426]

I had two of these in my old Craftsman GDO and worked great. Replaced with new Chamberlain, and remotes won't work now.

[@Kitearmy]

@@bobdrexler426 I hear some charberlain hav that problem

[@bobdrexler426]

@@Kitearmy I installed the LED light in an overhead light fixture only a few feet from the GDO and the opener works OK now. Just don't screw the LED right into the GDO's light fixture itself.

[@ozaernajim4315]

Brilliant!!! just brilliant!! 💡

[@jimmydinh3141]

doing this now! thanks for the idea

[@Kitearmy]

welcome

[@olemissjim]

Paint your ceiling white and the light will be significantly more efficient, and the room will be bright

[@Kitearmy]

painting the garage is on the honey dew list

[@tulipthorn]

Bright idea!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@Kitearmy]

LOL - glad you liked

[@jstar1000]

Good job, just ordered a set of extensions, already had the bulbs.

[@Kitearmy]

Nice