The PO added a garage door opener (supposed to be grounded) by plugging it into an un-grounded adapter screwed into the original simple ceramic fixture for a regular bulb.
I do want the g. d. opener to be switched, so I can leave the door cracked open at the bottom, and not have somebody come up and push the outside button and open the garage door all the way.
I was going to put a grounded switch to a grounded outlet in the ceiling, to plug the g-d-opener into. And add a switch just for plain lights for the garage ceiling.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "wired" <wiredformen@...> wrote:
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> 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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