^ That was my thought, just cut out power to the opener motor so no way does it start up period when the latch is closed.
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Originally Posted by Emmerich
Run a wire with a toggle switch right by the lock so when you set the padlock, you flip this switch, disabling power to the button.
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I had a thought something like that. I was thinking to find a medium strength stretch spring and put one end through a small hole in the end of the toggle on a normal household switch and anchor the other end somewhere, holding it normally closed w/o too much pressure. Not sure if I could position it so the end of the slide bar on the latch would push it far enough. Your idea might work - I could use the same spring setup with a thin braided cable also attached to be pushed by the slide bar, maybe I'd file a small notch into the end of it so as to push the cable w/o it slipping off.