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Old 06-30-2013, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by spdrun View Post
Use a magnet Epoxied to the latch to control a reed switch that trips a normally closed 12v relay powered by a door bell transformer.
That also sounds interesting, do you mean a 12 volt relay that controls an AC switch? That would be the sophisticated way to do it. I'm surprised there isn't an off the shelf kit for this. Plenty of people have both and opener and a latch of this sort. Letting your entire house be secured by a wireless opener is a bit weird. I frequently run into people, such as my client, who do not lock the door between the house and garage. If a remote is ever stored in a car parked on the street, breaking into the car would gain access to the house.

My client is freaked that hackers will learn how to break the code for an opener. My reading tells me this would be tough but who knows. That's why he wants the latch - for his peace of mind while sleeping. He's early 70s w/money, not too strong and lives alone.
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