Is it normal for dashboard lights to be on when ignition is off?
On some cars the lights stay on for like 30 seconds after the ignition is off. But if they are on all the time even when the light switch is fully off, something is wrong, that is NOT normal.That happens sometimes due to somebody wiring some accessory to the nearest hot wire, which might be the dash lights wire. That’s fine unless there is another source of power to the device, and that feeds back up the dash lights wire.The old Audi’s had this bug— if you held the high-beams flash switch, that would feed power back into the accessory circuit, even when the key was out. They considered that a “feature” not a “bug”, as it let you close the sunroof without the key.Anyway, if someone has done some wiring lately, that’s probably the problem. Has someone added a security system, a radio, an amplifier, or something else electrical? That’s probably it.If nothing has been messed with lately, then it’s likely that there is a short in the module that controls the lights. In the olden days the lights had a regular plain old switch, those very rarely failed. Today they use transistors to do the switching and they do sometimes fail, usually shorting out. They can be helped along toward shorting out if someone accidentally shorts out the cigar-lighter power outlet, with like a bad charger cord.
Can I use my smart phone to operate my garage door opener?
Yes ofcourse! thanks to modern technologies and rapid advancements in mobile phone platforms. It sounds like something right out science-fiction but with the right phone and apps you can connect your phone to your garage door opener and get it opening and closing.The great thing about this method of controlling your garage door is that you don’t have to carry around another remote control that you are more likely to either lose or leave in your car overnight. We all have our Smartphones at arm’s length these days, and being able to carry out such control on your Android means less carriage and more efficiency.Learn more:Ben Garage Door Opener