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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/burren2007 on 2025-12-08 14:48:11+00:00.
So the wife noticed that with our outdoor garage door opener keypad, someone was lifting it up while we were away. Were they trying to enter a code to open our garage door? Was it innocent? Who knows but since we don’t have a camera to see the front of our garage door which is a much more complex thing to make happen I simply installed a spare smart plug on the garage door opener it self. So now when the house is armed home or away, the garage door opener power is cut and then when it’s disarmed it’s turned back on.
Simple, very easy to setup in HA and effective. It took me like 5 minutes. Happy wife, happy life!
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P.s. still looking at options to put a camera out there to help “deter” the behavior and see what’s happening…