{"id":32,"date":"2022-01-20T03:53:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T03:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2023-05-08T19:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T19:08:29","slug":"can-you-use-an-extension-cord-with-a-garage-door-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/can-you-use-an-extension-cord-with-a-garage-door-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Use an Extension Cord With a Garage Door Opener?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you have an automatic garage door opener operated with electricity, you’ve likely had to use an extension cord to power it at some point. You still need to open and close your garage door whether your electrical circuit is acting up or you have a tripped breaker. However, this beckons the question of whether it is ok to use an extension cord with a garage door opener? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s ok to temporarily use an extension cord with a garage door opener. An extension cord will accomplish the job of getting electricity to your garage door to open and close it. However, it’s not a good idea to use an extension cord permanently. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Extension cords are suitable for many different things, but powering moving components like garage doors isn’t one of them. If you need one temporarily or as a one-time thing, an extension cord is ok. However, an extension cord has the possibility of becoming damaged if it’s used permanently. This article will look at when the right time is to use an extension cord and when you should opt not to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There isn’t anything technically wrong with using an extension cord with a garage door opener. It will get power to your opener and open and close your door. However, an extension cord presents an electrical risk and a fire hazard. Many things can go wrong with extension cords if you use them on a long-term basis. Let’s look at a few reasons not to use extension cords permanently with your garage door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You should only plug your garage door into an extension cord on a temporary basis. Here are a few times when using an extension cord is acceptable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Basically, you shouldn’t use an extension cord to operate your garage door unless you absolutely have to. There are way more disadvantages and hazards to using an extension cord than advantages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A garage door doesn’t take a lot of power to operate and doesn’t need its own dedicated circuit. In most cases, garage doors are plugged into outlets in the ceiling. These outlets are often part of a much larger series of outlets. It’s not uncommon for all of the outlets in a garage to be wired into the same circuit, your garage door included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Most modern garage doors use very little electricity. 3-5 amps is the standard amount of amperage used by a garage door opener. If this is the case for your garage door opener, you only need a 15-amp circuit to operate a garage door. If you have more than one garage door in your garage, you might want to upgrade to a 20-amp circuit. However, the number of amps your opener uses won’t change unless you upgrade the size of your garage door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hardwiring your garage door opener is similar to using an extension cord to power it. There isn’t anything technically wrong with hardwiring the opener, but it presents some safety hazards that don’t make hardwiring a good permanent solution. Temporarily, however, hardwiring is acceptable with garage door openers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you have an automatic garage door opener operated with electricity, you’ve likely had to use an extension cord to power it at some point. You still need to open and close your garage door whether your electrical circuit is acting up or you have a tripped breaker. However, this beckons the question of whether … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Can You Use an Extension Cord With a Garage Door Opener? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When Is It OK to Use an Extension Cord With a Garage Door Opener? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Does a Garage Door Opener Need a Dedicated Circuit? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How Many Amps Does a Garage Door Opener Need? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Can I Hardwire My Garage Door Opener? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n