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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
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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)?
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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.
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*very* good point....