Barrina LED Garage Opener Light Upgrade 

Matt, I think the reason why the opener light indicates a 75 watt bulb is because incandescent bulbs larger than 75 watts are very hot and would melt the plastic cover of the opener.

For those of you that are more electrical tech savvy and want more lights you can. I converted my garage into a woodworking shop and installed 6 - 4ft flourescent light fixtures (each with 2 -40W bulbs for 480 watt total which draws 4 amps ). I connected them all in parallel with wiring run in the attic. I ran a dedicated 15 amp circuit to the line side of 20amp /120v coil contactor (approx $18) and the load to the lights. I connected the contactor coil (which draws has

I did this about 6 months ago in my garage. Makes a big difference.

Thank you..... it’s been a while that I was looking to upgrade my lighting in the garage to led’s ... and to attach it to the opener is brilliant... good job

I did this exact same mod to my opener last year, and I really love it. I spaced my lights out a bit more, and then added more controlled by the light switch by the door. It is a truly significant difference going out into my garage now, you can easily see and when pulling your car in on just the ones controlled by the opener, it really helps as our garage is still a bit cluttered. Great Video!

Thanks, now another project I have to get to. Will repurpose LED light fixture that has been sitting in garage. Thanks for the idea.

Wow dramatic change and loving the output of the lights very clean install good job keep it up! Now im hoping mg garage on my channel be as bright as your garage.

Just installed 4 of the 8 in the pack based on your video. A lot brighter than before. Now I can see what I am doing. I will finish the other 4 tomorrow.

Thank you for this video. You made making this upgrade straightforward and simple. It's made a huge difference. Instead of using a socket to outlet I used a Leviton outlet and bulb socket adapter and put in an LED nightlight bulb to fit in the diffuser housing so it still lights up.

Nicely done! My own garage lighting enhancement was to add a motion-sensing socket adapter to the one switched bulb socket [which I leave on]. To that I added a one-to-five bulb converter [using 5000K LED bulbs]. You get a better light spread with those long LEDs, but the motion-sensing aspect gives me light longer if I linger in the garage [versus the relatively short garage door opener timer]. I used a socket converter like you did for my one switched bulb socket in my basement, and then added Barrina LEDs to every other floor joist. Had to do one just splice. Tremendous upgrade!

Fantastic idea. Thank you !!! Going to copy you as well. Looking at 3 lights in a row. Should be super bright. Mine is 75W max.

Thanks Matt: Your mention of the Socket Adapter (in which I had one sitting in a box for 25 years) will now be used to convert my garage door opener bulb socket to plug in a repurposed lamp socket and cord that I will mount & strap on my garage door opener hangers and point the repurposed light towards my entry way door for MUCH needed extra light. Thanks for you video !

Great upgrade! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the idea! I’m going to do this asap!

Major change! Great video

Thank you for this. I was looking for something like this.

Very smart and great video. Thanks for sharing.

Great Video, I added a battery backup to my garage door opener because it didn’t come with one and I don’t have a side entire door, in a power outage the light for the opener is awful and I need more if I have a power outage for hooking up the generator for back feeding.

i had no idea those socket adapters were a thing, thanks!

Excellent idea. Thanks!

Great idea thanks

Great idea. I will look into this as well. You were concerned with the look of linking the 2 lights together, but you used black zip ties instead of white? Also, maybe consider replacing the beige outlet cover with white.

that 75 W label is mostly for HEAT generated by the Bulb so it does not melt plastic. OTOH there is a limit on the switching circuit and the power cord/outlet.

Some LEDs do not play nice with garage door openers. They provide radio interference with the transmission of the remote to the receiver. I experienced this when I replaced the bulbs on my Chamberlain with LEDs. Opening the door was no problem as the lights were off. Once the LEDs came on, the door would not close with the remote. That is why they sell special LEDs for garage door openers.

Great video. Will use your advice.?

I like your approach. I did something similar, but I used an LED bulb (11 watt, about $3) in a remote electrical box above opener, plug in also. These are general lights not task lights. I prefer to use a task light depending on what I am doing. General lighting is only to see where you’re going, so you don’t trip or bump into something. If you’re going to work on car, etc. you still need another light. Thanks….Jim PS…..Your preference!

I have a bunch of Barrinas in my garage since early 2019,, 18 to be exact,, and with thousands of hours on them they've been flawless I'm proud to say.. But,,, are you sure that 2 of those actually pull 40 watts,, seems high..

Thanks for a great video! I have a question about signal interference between the garage door opener and the LED lights themselves. Have you had any interference issues with opening or closing the doors with this type of lighting system?

I've had this setup for past 25 years. But I used 2, four foot fluorescent tubes(shop light)... because LED was not available back than... Within past year I have changed over to LED lights though.

My lights (same brand) came with a ground pin on the connection. Totally screwed up plans to install this way. Not sure why yours only came with two pins.

When you walked into the garage the first time it has the appearance you were going to stumble upon a dead body in there 😂 much nicer with more light

I did that mod on my old opener and the range of my remote dropped to just outside the door. Before that I could open it coming up the driveway so it was fully open by the time I got to the garage. After going to LED light, I had to wait until I was right up to the door. My new door installer said to just use regular light bulbs or florescent bulbs instead.

Did you have any issues with interface when closing/opening your door? (Only seems to happen when the lights are actually lit) I had an issue after installing led lights. I read something about it and figured I'd try different cfl or incandescent bulbs. It fixed the problem, but the lighting is back to suck.

I hooked up the same lights but must have some type of interference. When the lights are on the remote opener doesnt work.

It seems to me it'd be easier to just replace your regular garage light switch with a motion detector switch. That way any time there is movement in your garage, all the lights come on. $20 at Home Depot...

Can I buy only 2 or 4 lights ?

Will this interfere with my chamberlain liftmaster signal? I hear LED lights can do that. Didn't know if positioning of where the LED lights are matters?

Did those led lights mess or interfere with the opener transmitter that is in the vehicle?

I know led bulbs effect the range of the garage door remote, have you noticed that with these lights?

The Description area has a few links, one of which looks broken - the one to turn the garage into the sun seems to not work.

Nice vid! How are the lights holding up a year later?

You don't get any interference with the leds and the remote garage door opener?

How are they holding up

Do you live in Canada ?

Matt, any comment 2 years after the install?

That opener is trash fam. Get a chamberlain