Very simple but effective. I was never a handy man until I joined the military and worked with guys like you who unselfishly share their knowledge and skills. Thank you Mr. Bourne.
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Most excellent solution. I went through the same ordeal that you did with my garage door sensor. This method is ingenious, and simple to implement. Thanks for making the video, and very kind of you to give credit to Taylor Tech. Keeping making your excellent videos.
Important thing to remember is that this is being installed on an insulated door. But, this is a really smart. Plus, the probability of an intruder seeing it is low. Good build.
Initially, I thought this idea was so ghetto but then when I looked at my garage door and there was nowhere to hang it without it breaking off w the door lifting. So I used this idea! Great workaround. Thanks!
Same here. I tried alternative mounting options, but they all broke. This mount has been going strong for over a year with no issues. Thanks for watching!
The bottom part of the hinge that swings open you can always wrap it with electrical tape to listen the magnetism, that's what I did as I was thinking the same so much metal around the magnet for false alarms..
This worked great. Just a few comments: 1. i have a Ring alarm system, and you don't have to worry about aligning the two parts of the contact sensor in a certain direction, as long as they are parallel and no more than 1 inch apart. The directions do warn you to allow at least a half inch space on the side of the part that holds the battery, so that you can slide the battery compartment open, to change the battery. 2. I had to use WD-40 on the hinge, so that it would be loose enough to work. 3. I discovered that there is a one-minute delay from the time you set the alarm, to the time it is actually armed. There is also a one-minute delay from the time the contact sensor connection breaks, until the alarm goes off. I wonder if there's a way to shorten those times. ???
I use an inexpensive Tapco (TP-Link) pan/tilt wireless security camera, about $30. That way, I can see if my door is open AND see what’s going on when I receive notification of motion. The motion is captured on a micro sd card that can be downloaded for sharing with the police. I just feel that for the money, I’m getting the best of both worlds, knowing when the door opens/closes and have a visual of who entered/left my garage.
Very ingenious but what about if somebody lift the gate just enough to get in? The sensor would not hang so it wont break the circuit therefore you wont get any alerts, right?
They are battery powered and very cold weather destroys batteries. "Ring Alarm Contact Sensor (1st gen) - Uses a 3V Lithium battery, included, which may last up to 3 years depending on usage. Cold temperatures may drain battery life faster." support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029632472-Technical-Specifications-for-Ring-Alarm-Devices
I got that idea probably from the same person as you. It works much better than the tilt sensors that I used to own with my previous alarm system. Costs much less as well.
Looks like it could possibly close before the door is all the way down if the hinge drops close enough. Sop if door gets stuck about 2-4 in from ground, will the switch already be closed but in fact, it's got a gap at the bottom?
The door can’t get stuck inches from the ground with our garage door opener’s safety feature, which I believe is standard. If the door meets resistance, the door opener’s safety mechanism kicks in and the door opens back up.
Could you explain how you have your ring configured? Meaning, are you just able to monitor (on/off) know when the garage is open , only when using a Mode? I use the home for night time (at home) monitoring. I use Android with Ring, so will assign the garage door to a audio saying "Garage door open". On Android Ring still has a few twerks. When assigning monitor sounds, it usually assigns it to a Phone system notification (like phone ring)
Sweet. I am doing it. The only thing is, I will make sure it is installed not in line with one of the cars. So somwhere between them. So if the doubleside tape gives up one day, with garage door open, it wouldn't damage the car when falling. Perhaps I will even screw in the hinge hmm.
@@permitipandyandy :) We're in an area where temps swing from -20F to 100F. Unless you're using double sided tape rated in excess of such temps, it will fail at some point. I had a dashcam installed with double sided tape. One day I found it on the floor because the adhesive gave way. Sure it probably get up to 120-150F inside a closed car in the sun.
@@geepeezee5030 I'm using a 10 pound fastener on something that weighs a pound at most. We get days and weeks of 100+ temps in the northeast and this is still holding.
My issue when I tried this is that when i select to close the door, it shakes enough where the magnet sticks to the hinge flipped up and never falls back down to connect to the sensor.
hmmm, id have to see video to try and help you troubleshoot it. What size hinge did you use? Is there an adjustment on the door opener or chain that may reduce the big shake when the opener engages?
The problem is when the door is either fully open or fully closed the door surface is in the same plan which close the sensor and give a fully open door a false read
Or...put the sensor to the side with the sensor on the wall and the magnet on the door, as intended. It will work perfectly I've done this with my garage doors, no problem. Don't know why you are putting it above, seems like you're making this more complicated than it needs to be.
That was one of my failed initial ideas. my garage door is inset from the front wall, so the magnets will not line up if installed on the side of the door. In addition, there is a cable in the way that runs on each side of the door from bottom to top, which connects to the spring system wheel thing on top. Guessing we either have two different styles of garage door, different door installation or I'm not understanding your method. How about you make a vid of your method and share it out so you can help people? I'd like to see your method.
@@permitipandyandy I have pretty much the same system you do, just multiple doors instead of one big door. You just get a button rare earth magnet. Cost about a buck, 3M double sided tape so it doesn't move from any vibration and bing, you're done. That's all the "thin" part is for the sensor, a magnet that is prettied up with plastic. And it slips right past the cable with no issues. Simpler and easier fix. Adding moving parts probably isn't needed. It's cool, but it's adding extra ways it can fail, like if the hinge gets stuck/gunked up. Simpler is almost always better.
Very simple but effective. I was never a handy man until I joined the military and worked with guys like you who unselfishly share their knowledge and skills. Thank you Mr. Bourne.
Hey folks!
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Spray paint the hinge white and make it disappear! Great video brother
Great idea and thanks for watching!
Most excellent solution. I went through the same ordeal that you did with my garage door sensor. This method is ingenious, and simple to implement. Thanks for making the video, and very kind of you to give credit to Taylor Tech. Keeping making your excellent videos.
Thank you Matt Damonish for the tip. This is exactly the solution I was looking for!
Haaa! I can't unsee Matt Damon
I thought exactly the same .. 😂
Important thing to remember is that this is being installed on an insulated door. But, this is a really smart. Plus, the probability of an intruder seeing it is low. Good build.
Compared to the other ideas on UA-cam, this is by far the easiest and most effective. Excellent!!!!
Thanks for watching and glad it helped :)
Initially, I thought this idea was so ghetto but then when I looked at my garage door and there was nowhere to hang it without it breaking off w the door lifting. So I used this idea! Great workaround. Thanks!
Same here. I tried alternative mounting options, but they all broke. This mount has been going strong for over a year with no issues. Thanks for watching!
Very pretty solution! I know some door switches / sensors don't like too much metal around them. Make sure you have the right switch / sensor.
It works :)
The bottom part of the hinge that swings open you can always wrap it with electrical tape to listen the magnetism, that's what I did as I was thinking the same so much metal around the magnet for false alarms..
This works great! I was racking my brain tryin to figure out a way to mount it and this is very easy
Thanks for watching and glad it helped :)
This worked great. Just a few comments:
1. i have a Ring alarm system, and you don't have to worry about aligning the two parts of the contact sensor in a certain direction, as long as they are parallel and no more than 1 inch apart. The directions do warn you to allow at least a half inch space on the side of the part that holds the battery, so that you can slide the battery compartment open, to change the battery.
2. I had to use WD-40 on the hinge, so that it would be loose enough to work.
3. I discovered that there is a one-minute delay from the time you set the alarm, to the time it is actually armed. There is also a one-minute delay from the time the contact sensor connection breaks, until the alarm goes off. I wonder if there's a way to shorten those times. ???
I thought he was Matt Damon too 😂😂😂
I was going crazy trying to figure it out how to instal it sensor garage. Excellent idea.. Thanks
That is SUCH a great idea. The one I have, one sensor has to connect with a wire to the garage door opener. Dang it. I wish I had seen this one first.
Great simple idea, powered by mother nature!
Thanks for watching !
Great idea, i also have an older door and used the manual spring loaded latches for mine.
Thank you so much, this idea worked great on my old garage door.
Man, you are genius! Thank you for the idea!
Hey ...Matt Damon! This method worked for me!Thanks!
How do ya like them apples ?
Ha! Haven't been called matt damon in a minute. Thought I was losing my mojo, so thanks :) Happy to help and thanks for watching!
Outstanding! Saved me $ for tilt sensors. Works like a champ!
Sweet, thanks for watching!
Made my day brother! This is the true life hack! God bless!
Hi, just found this very helpful video! I'm about to use this method now, so I wonder, how has this held up over time?
This is pretty genius! Was looking for a sort of security for our garagedoor
I know, right?! This solution has been solid for almost a year.
@@andylapteff2033 yes it is the strongest thing is the simplicity of it. Going to do the same at our garage door
Did you ever try the sensor between the trolley and the track? Any past experience with it working or not working?
Matt Damon does garage doors now? 😂
Excellent. Needed a solution for SimpliSafe door magnet. I’m sure this will work!
Thank you making this video!!! Huge lifesaver!!!!😇
I use an inexpensive Tapco (TP-Link) pan/tilt wireless security camera, about $30. That way, I can see if my door is open AND see what’s going on when I receive notification of motion. The motion is captured on a micro sd card that can be downloaded for sharing with the police. I just feel that for the money, I’m getting the best of both worlds, knowing when the door opens/closes and have a visual of who entered/left my garage.
You are are a genius! Just use the gravitation - nice
I’m just good at google :)
Very ingenious but what about if somebody lift the gate just enough to get in? The sensor would not hang so it wont break the circuit therefore you wont get any alerts, right?
Has the velcro survived winters and still works?
not sure all hinges would be such flexible after sometime.. how is it working now, after 1 year?
Wow…. The easiest solution ever. I’ve been trying to figure out how to mount this. I had it the way you did in the beginning but it came off
It worked, Thank you for your video 👍🏻
Thanks for watching and glad it helped :)
Very creative and effective solution. Thank you!!
How's it still working after a couple years?
Great idea
Thanks for watching !
Brilliant idea!!!
Glad you think so!
Great idea 👍 would you happen to know if the sensors work in cold below 32 degrees? Thanks in advance.
They are battery powered and very cold weather destroys batteries.
"Ring Alarm Contact Sensor (1st gen) - Uses a 3V Lithium battery, included, which may last up to 3 years depending on usage. Cold temperatures may drain battery life faster."
support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029632472-Technical-Specifications-for-Ring-Alarm-Devices
@@permitipandyandy thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Greatly appreciated!
@@karennetherland2327 Happy to help and thanks so much for watching :)
Kind of genius IMHO!
My friend your the best. Thanks 👍
Awesome idea. Thanks!
I got that idea probably from the same person as you. It works much better than the tilt sensors that I used to own with my previous alarm system. Costs much less as well.
Yeah, that guy’s vid blew my mind. Such a simple solution!
Smart Damon ! Thanks
Happy to help :)
This is fantastic!
Great idea. How has this held up over time?
Still working :)
Many thanks for sharing!
so smart! thanks for sharing!
Looks like it could possibly close before the door is all the way down if the hinge drops close enough. Sop if door gets stuck about 2-4 in from ground, will the switch already be closed but in fact, it's got a gap at the bottom?
The door can’t get stuck inches from the ground with our garage door opener’s safety feature, which I believe is standard. If the door meets resistance, the door opener’s safety mechanism kicks in and the door opens back up.
Great idea!
I mount the magnet right on top of the door and the contact on the wall just above the garage door with screws. Never fails.
Tried that first and the door kept knocking off the magnet from the wall.
Great idea. I like it. I’ll probably do the same thing.
How long does the warning chime go on
Could you explain how you have your ring configured? Meaning, are you just able to monitor (on/off) know when the garage is open , only when using a Mode? I use the home for night time (at home) monitoring. I use Android with Ring, so will assign the garage door to a audio saying "Garage door open". On Android Ring still has a few twerks. When assigning monitor sounds, it usually assigns it to a Phone system notification (like phone ring)
I know if the garage door is open or closed and if someone opens it when my alarm is armed, it trips the alarm
Great video super helpful
Has the double sided tape stayed stuck when the temperatures rise? Our garage gets quite warm on summer days.
We just had a 2 week spell of 100 degree days and the Velcro is still going strong.
Thanks Matt Damon
Ha, thanks for watching!
Sweet. I am doing it. The only thing is, I will make sure it is installed not in line with one of the cars. So somwhere between them. So if the doubleside tape gives up one day, with garage door open, it wouldn't damage the car when falling. Perhaps I will even screw in the hinge hmm.
Awesome! Let me know how you make out
Clever
Outstanding!
awesome! thanks for sharing. Very affordable solution!!!
Thanks for watching!
Clever. It's all good until the hinge falls onto the car's windshield below it on a hot day... Mount it off to the side somewhere.
It’s been there for two years without an issue. Thanks for stopping by.
@@permitipandyandy :) We're in an area where temps swing from -20F to 100F. Unless you're using double sided tape rated in excess of such temps, it will fail at some point. I had a dashcam installed with double sided tape. One day I found it on the floor because the adhesive gave way. Sure it probably get up to 120-150F inside a closed car in the sun.
@@geepeezee5030 I'm using a 10 pound fastener on something that weighs a pound at most. We get days and weeks of 100+ temps in the northeast and this is still holding.
Great idea.. thanks! Works great 👍
Happy to help and thanks for watching!
This mod works however my hinge seems to bounce when at the end of closing the garage causing the sensor to cycle two or the times
Good stuff. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks buddy. Good stuff
Thanks for watching!
What happens if the wind blows against the door and breaks the connection?
the alarm, if armed, goes off!
Smart!
Thanks great video
Thanks for watching!
Does pounding on the garage door make it go off?
Nope
wow perfect thanks
Happy to help!
Great idead
Thanks for watching!
My issue when I tried this is that when i select to close the door, it shakes enough where the magnet sticks to the hinge flipped up and never falls back down to connect to the sensor.
hmmm, id have to see video to try and help you troubleshoot it. What size hinge did you use? Is there an adjustment on the door opener or chain that may reduce the big shake when the opener engages?
You can use a plastic hinge. They sell them on Amazon.
Try spacing the magnet a bit further from the sensor. Ring sensors are good to about a 1/2 inch
Couldn't you just stick them right above and below the crack on the section of the door?
The problem is when the door is either fully open or fully closed the door surface is in the same plan which close the sensor and give a fully open door a false read
I like the idea but it needs a litte more work!
this video could have been 30 seconds long 8:30 to see it working
Or...put the sensor to the side with the sensor on the wall and the magnet on the door, as intended. It will work perfectly I've done this with my garage doors, no problem. Don't know why you are putting it above, seems like you're making this more complicated than it needs to be.
That was one of my failed initial ideas. my garage door is inset from the front wall, so the magnets will not line up if installed on the side of the door. In addition, there is a cable in the way that runs on each side of the door from bottom to top, which connects to the spring system wheel thing on top. Guessing we either have two different styles of garage door, different door installation or I'm not understanding your method.
How about you make a vid of your method and share it out so you can help people?
I'd like to see your method.
@@permitipandyandy I have pretty much the same system you do, just multiple doors instead of one big door. You just get a button rare earth magnet. Cost about a buck, 3M double sided tape so it doesn't move from any vibration and bing, you're done. That's all the "thin" part is for the sensor, a magnet that is prettied up with plastic. And it slips right past the cable with no issues. Simpler and easier fix. Adding moving parts probably isn't needed. It's cool, but it's adding extra ways it can fail, like if the hinge gets stuck/gunked up. Simpler is almost always better.
@@Pandemos Sweet! you da man dawg
Or you can just put a motion sensor on your door 🤷♂️
This video could have and should have been less that 1 minute. Good content otherwise
Great idea! Thank you!