It sounds like you are using the original light switch for power to the opener (added after the house was built). You may have a red, black, and white wire cable from the switch to the opener, then a black and white wire cable from the opener to the other plugs. If so, put the opener on the black and white wires and then add a light to the red and white wires. The opener needs to be hot at all times.
If this scenario isn't your situation, inform us of what color wires are in each box.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Joy Rex <jomarex@...> wrote:
>
> The two books I'm looking at don't seem to cover this exact situation.
>
> I have a switch going to the garage door opener, and then the power
> continues on to some always-hot outlets in other rooms. Is there any
> reason I couldn't add another switch just for lights in the garage?
> Just add another set of black pigtails for the other switch and add
> the white wire to the rest of them? That's a lot of wires, but I got
> a big double box.
>
> I hope that makes sense...
>
> thanks
> Joy
>
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