Matt, I think the reason why the opener light indicates a 75 watt bulb is because incandescent bulbs larger than 75 watts are very hot and would melt the plastic cover of the opener.

I did this about 6 months ago in my garage. Makes a big difference.

I did this exact same mod to my opener last year, and I really love it. I spaced my lights out a bit more, and then added more controlled by the light switch by the door. It is a truly significant difference going out into my garage now, you can easily see and when pulling your car in on just the ones controlled by the opener, it really helps as our garage is still a bit cluttered. Great Video!

Thank you for this video. You made making this upgrade straightforward and simple. It's made a huge difference. Instead of using a socket to outlet I used a Leviton outlet and bulb socket adapter and put in an LED nightlight bulb to fit in the diffuser housing so it still lights up.

For those of you that are more electrical tech savvy and want more lights you can. I converted my garage into a woodworking shop and installed 6 - 4ft flourescent light fixtures (each with 2 -40W bulbs for 480 watt total which draws 4 amps ). I connected them all in parallel with wiring run in the attic. I ran a dedicated 15 amp circuit to the line side of 20amp /120v coil contactor (approx $18) and the load to the lights. I connected the contactor coil (which draws has

Thank you..... it’s been a while that I was looking to upgrade my lighting in the garage to led’s ... and to attach it to the opener is brilliant... good job

Nicely done! My own garage lighting enhancement was to add a motion-sensing socket adapter to the one switched bulb socket [which I leave on]. To that I added a one-to-five bulb converter [using 5000K LED bulbs]. You get a better light spread with those long LEDs, but the motion-sensing aspect gives me light longer if I linger in the garage [versus the relatively short garage door opener timer]. I used a socket converter like you did for my one switched bulb socket in my basement, and then added Barrina LEDs to every other floor joist. Had to do one just splice. Tremendous upgrade!

Major change! Great video

Fantastic idea. Thank you !!! Going to copy you as well. Looking at 3 lights in a row. Should be super bright. Mine is 75W max.

Great upgrade! Thanks for sharing!

Just installed 4 of the 8 in the pack based on your video. A lot brighter than before. Now I can see what I am doing. I will finish the other 4 tomorrow.

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to hear that!

Thanks, now another project I have to get to. Will repurpose LED light fixture that has been sitting in garage. Thanks for the idea.

Thanks for the idea! I’m going to do this asap!

Thanks Matt: Your mention of the Socket Adapter (in which I had one sitting in a box for 25 years) will now be used to convert my garage door opener bulb socket to plug in a repurposed lamp socket and cord that I will mount & strap on my garage door opener hangers and point the repurposed light towards my entry way door for MUCH needed extra light. Thanks for you video !

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

thank you for the new idea

Wow dramatic change and loving the output of the lights very clean install good job keep it up! Now im hoping mg garage on my channel be as bright as your garage.

Great idea thanks

Very smart and great video. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent idea. Thanks!

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great Video, I added a battery backup to my garage door opener because it didn’t come with one and I don’t have a side entire door, in a power outage the light for the opener is awful and I need more if I have a power outage for hooking up the generator for back feeding.

Thank you for this. I was looking for something like this.

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

i had no idea those socket adapters were a thing, thanks!

@MattCoykendall1

Жыл бұрын

No problem, thanks for watching!

that 75 W label is mostly for HEAT generated by the Bulb so it does not melt plastic. OTOH there is a limit on the switching circuit and the power cord/outlet.

Great video. Will use your advice.?

Great idea. I will look into this as well. You were concerned with the look of linking the 2 lights together, but you used black zip ties instead of white? Also, maybe consider replacing the beige outlet cover with white.

Some LEDs do not play nice with garage door openers. They provide radio interference with the transmission of the remote to the receiver. I experienced this when I replaced the bulbs on my Chamberlain with LEDs. Opening the door was no problem as the lights were off. Once the LEDs came on, the door would not close with the remote. That is why they sell special LEDs for garage door openers.

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, there are some LED's that will interfere with a garage door opener antenna, in this case I have no no issues with the LED's I have linked in the description. Thanks for watching!

I like your approach. I did something similar, but I used an LED bulb (11 watt, about $3) in a remote electrical box above opener, plug in also. These are general lights not task lights. I prefer to use a task light depending on what I am doing. General lighting is only to see where you’re going, so you don’t trip or bump into something. If you’re going to work on car, etc. you still need another light. Thanks….Jim PS…..Your preference!

I've had this setup for past 25 years. But I used 2, four foot fluorescent tubes(shop light)... because LED was not available back than... Within past year I have changed over to LED lights though.

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Works well right

My lights (same brand) came with a ground pin on the connection. Totally screwed up plans to install this way. Not sure why yours only came with two pins.

I have a bunch of Barrinas in my garage since early 2019,, 18 to be exact,, and with thousands of hours on them they've been flawless I'm proud to say.. But,,, are you sure that 2 of those actually pull 40 watts,, seems high..

Thanks for a great video! I have a question about signal interference between the garage door opener and the LED lights themselves. Have you had any interference issues with opening or closing the doors with this type of lighting system?

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Mine works without any issues, I can have the LEDs on and still operate the opener from the end of my driveway, thanks for watching!

I did that mod on my old opener and the range of my remote dropped to just outside the door. Before that I could open it coming up the driveway so it was fully open by the time I got to the garage. After going to LED light, I had to wait until I was right up to the door. My new door installer said to just use regular light bulbs or florescent bulbs instead.

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta say I have never had this issue and I have a long driveway, it opens from the street. I’m sure it likely depends on the opener and antenna though!

@chadhickey9942

2 жыл бұрын

yes, alot LED lights will interfere with the newer garage door opener frequencies. Tons of stuff on it online... They also sell some RF blockers you can put on the power cords for the lights that are supposed to block some of the frequencies... not sure if they are effective or not

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

@@chadhickey9942 That's the good thing about this modification, people experience interference because they replace the bulb inside the opener with an LED. This mod has the lights on your ceiling far away from the antenna just like all your other garage lights. I have zero antenna performance issues with this configuration in my video.

Can I buy only 2 or 4 lights ?

When you walked into the garage the first time it has the appearance you were going to stumble upon a dead body in there 😂 much nicer with more light

@MattCoykendall1

10 ай бұрын

but at least the light was nicer right

Did you have any issues with interface when closing/opening your door? (Only seems to happen when the lights are actually lit) I had an issue after installing led lights. I read something about it and figured I'd try different cfl or incandescent bulbs. It fixed the problem, but the lighting is back to suck.

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

I did not have this issue, just for my own testing I just went out and checked my 3 garage doors, no issues operating the remote when the lights were on. This interference is certainly real as I have heard of it before but the leds I have linked in the description are working great for me.

It seems to me it'd be easier to just replace your regular garage light switch with a motion detector switch. That way any time there is movement in your garage, all the lights come on. $20 at Home Depot...

I hooked up the same lights but must have some type of interference. When the lights are on the remote opener doesnt work.

Will this interfere with my chamberlain liftmaster signal? I hear LED lights can do that. Didn't know if positioning of where the LED lights are matters?

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, certain lights can interfere with openers, in my case I am having no issues with the products I have linked below. I can open/close my garage door from beyond my driveway with the lights on and I have a pretty long driveway.

Did those led lights mess or interfere with the opener transmitter that is in the vehicle?

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

I did not experience any problems with it.

The Description area has a few links, one of which looks broken - the one to turn the garage into the sun seems to not work.

@MattCoykendall1

Жыл бұрын

I will check it out right now

Nice vid! How are the lights holding up a year later?

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! They are actually working great. I have not had a failure yet.

@55onesean38

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattCoykendall1 Good to know thanks! I'll be putting my set up in a month or two and the obvious concern is failure rate/replacement availability etc. Appreciate the reply.

I know led bulbs effect the range of the garage door remote, have you noticed that with these lights?

@MattCoykendall1

Жыл бұрын

Strangely these have had no impact for me, I can operate the opener without issue from the street.

You don't get any interference with the leds and the remote garage door opener?

@MattCoykendall1

Жыл бұрын

I get asked that one a lot, with my setup I have no issues. I have a long driveway and it actually works from the street. Thanks for watching!

How are they holding up

@MattCoykendall1

5 ай бұрын

They are still working, no failures to this point.

Do you live in Canada ?

@MattCoykendall1

2 жыл бұрын

Close, North Dakota

Matt, any comment 2 years after the install?

@MattCoykendall1

11 ай бұрын

All good! Everything still working. I have been pretty pleased with these lights, used them in a shop space as well.

@docwells7

11 ай бұрын

That's great to hear Matt. I've read mixed reviews on both Amazon and KZread about the longevity of these cheap LED lights. I plan to do something similar to what you did, and at $50 per eight tubes, I'll buy new ones if they don't last. Thanks for the quick reply.

That opener is trash fam. Get a chamberlain