GENIE Garage Door Openers 20235R Keypad Only for KEP-1

The choices are replace existing hardwired keypad with this replacement part or go with a wireless replacement. If you have the Genie KEP-1, then you may have a few problems with a wireless replacement. The existing fairly large hole through your garage wall for the wire to pass through will be hard to cosmetically repair if installing the wireless replacement to the typical garage door frame location. The wireless replacement may not fit correctly over the existing hole because of the exterior siding shape. The wireless keypads have one button close and lighted keypad features, the KEP-1 does not. I chose to replace with original replacement part. I added an electrical enclosure, purchased from Lowe's for $6, to protect the keypad from the weather and sunlight. I will probably not have to replace it again. I cut the wire at the back of the old keypad. Found the plastic outdoor electrical enclosure at Lowe's that fit it. Centered the keypad within the new enclosure and drilled the four corner holes through the plastic. Used the original four screws and screw holes in wall to mount the new enclosure. Added two new screws to secure middle top and bottom of enclosure to wall and then removed original mounting screws. Scotch taped the new wire to the cut end of the old wire and used that to pull new wire through wall. Installed new keypad with four new and longer corner screws. Plugged new wire into socket on circuit board within the inside box. Works and looks like new.

I could hardly believe this keypad was available. Inexpensively. It appeared to be an identical replacement for the old one which must have been there 25 years. The conductive traces under the membrane were getting corroded which made it non-functioning.It was easy to remove the original keypad. Then having some experience with electronic devices, I opened up the control box and simply yanked the original ribbon cable from the onboard connected. its 8 wires are not soldered in.One ribbon edge is marked. Its important to note which way it goes into the connector before you pull it, so you install the new one properly.I had to feed the ribbon out through a joint between the wood pieces which make up the door frame. I ended up wedging in a screwdriver and physically bending wood pieces to open up a 1/32 inch space for the ribbon cable to exit.>>>>Note: I didn't do this, but here is a great idea: Fasten a long string to the cable before pulling it through the frame. The other end of the string stays in the garage interior. Detach the old keypad and attach the new. Now you can pull the string back through the frame, dragging the new cable through the frame with minimal trouble.The cable and keypad are permanently wired together. I could not mount the keypad right away. First I had to maneuver the new cable from the outside, through the wood frame, to the garage interior. This is a tricky process and risks ruining a new keypad if you're not careful.Again I had to carefully poke a screwdriver between nicely finished and painted wood surfaces, and physically bend the wood a little, until there was a path to poke the ribbon cable from the outside through to the garage interior. Took some trial and error. Had to force the cable a bit, though I tried to minimize stressing and pinching the flat conductive metal traces.Fortunately the new cable was as long as the old. It reached to the circuit board. The new cable is a push fit although it's up to you to make sure each wire goes into its slot of the connector on the circuit board.The cable must not be installed the wrong way (as I seem to remember doing by mistake). I neglected to note how the original cable was installed. Looked for markings, but guessed wrong the first time. Since I didn't ruin the control unit I was lucky.The new keypad went in exactly the same space as the old. The screws went in the same holes. At all times I had to be careful to avoid crimping and pinching the ribbon cable while maneuvering the keypad.I'm glad I found this keypad. I didn't want to go to a garage door installer, because professionals like to replace entire systems. They say it's the only way they can offer a warranty on their work.

I am on my third key pad but that’s not a knock on the pad. Since it is outside and exposed to the elements continuously, it suffers from the exposure and ultimately needs to be replaced. This is an older style keypad which works with my old Genie garage door opener so I am stuck with this model. It would be nice if there was a cover for it to help protect it but there isn’t and since the model really been discontinued, the company is not going to improve the design. This keypad is very easy to install and program and works flawlessly.

Nobody wants to pay $36 to fix an ailing garage door keypad. But, if you bought (and want to keep) an outside keyboard/inside-electronics switch from GENIE, this does the trick. Mine lasted about 12 years and countless usages. Fair enough. This is an exact replacement. Trivial to replace (yes, note the triangular checkmark on the cable - replace same way). Took me 5 minutes or less to replace and works flawlessly.Now, you could buy an external keypad-to-radio broadcaster instead of fixing your GENIE. Battery powered. Works ok, too, if you can program your garage door opener. Probably costs at least as much (I did buy one before I found this keyboard replacement). So I have both outside my garage, and a house key hidden outdoors. $36/12 years = $3/year. Easy decision.

I have bought 5 of these since we had our garage door openers installed about 20 years ago. They work great, and it is really nice not to have to deal with keys a lot of times. The problem is that they tend to wear out and stop functioning in a couple years. So, I usually buy two at a time now, and just figure that I will need to replace them whenever the current one stops working. Fortunately, I have a manually operated keypad lock on another door, and can use that in an emergency when ever that two-year lifespan on these electronic keypads kick in (usually when you would really need to get in of course).

Easy install. Garage door opens like new with this pad. Delivered quickly.