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| SteveJ34:
--- Quote from: mbenney on February 03, 2005, 10:24:27 am --- :-\ maybe ill give it a try... can anyone give me a list of all the parts i will need? i dont really know what sort of wire needs to be used etc. thanks matt --- End quote --- The link above : http://home.bendcable.com/werstlein/ lays out the parts if using the relay from Radio Shack. That's what I used. I didn't need any wire for the 110v side of the circuit as I just replaced the toggle switch in a power strip I was hacking. I just snipped wires running to toggle switch and wired them to the 110-120v side of relay. For the 12v side of the circuit to run to the PC power supply, I think used 18g wire I had laying around. I then used a "Y power splitter" which I cut one end off of in order to plug the 12v side to a plug from PS. My parts where: 1 Relay, some 18g wire, Y Power splitter, 1 Power Strip and 3-4 ice cold beers while I worked |
| mbenney:
sorry if im being stupid here, but what do you mean by toggle switch on a power strip? do you mean a powerstrip that has an on/off switch built onto the strip (additional to the one on the power outlet it plugs into)? |
| SteveJ34:
--- Quote from: mbenney on February 03, 2005, 07:00:12 pm ---sorry if im being stupid here, but what do you mean by toggle switch on a power strip? do you mean a powerstrip that has an on/off switch built onto the strip (additional to the one on the power outlet it plugs into)? --- End quote --- Exactly. One approach is to replace the on/off toggle switch on the power strip with the relay which in turn is also wired to a 12v lead from your PC power supply. Power PC, relay trips, power strip goes active. That's what I did. |
| MrWhippy:
remember that UK mains voltage is 230V, not 120. so make sure your relay can handle that. |
| SteveJ34:
--- Quote from: MrWhippy on February 04, 2005, 04:49:35 am ---remember that UK mains voltage is 230V, not 120. so make sure your relay can handle that. --- End quote --- *very* good point.... |
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