Miata Mailing List: August 1998, Message #30

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>Hi Jaime
>
>I've been putting my garage door remotes under the dash on all my cars
>for years. '78 Accord, '83 Accord, '91 BRG, and '95 Sidekick. Never
>bothered removing dash. I just tuck the remote into a suitable place.
>Never had one fall out. I install a miniature jack in the remote case
>and wire it to the pushbutton circuit in the unit. The other side of the
>plug is wired to a push button I install in a suitable place. For our
>Miata I used the blank access cover on the left side of the tunnel. If
>the batteries in the remote need replacing I just unplug the jack and
>pull out the remote. To date I have never replaced a battery. I got the
>miniature connectors and pushbuttons from Radio Shack. Need more
>details?
>
>Bill

Chamberlin remotes use a 12v battery, and can be wired right into the
ignition circuit.  Nice if you want to be sure the opener is disabled when
the car is sitting there and no one is home.

Joseph & Guppy