[TriEmbed] Hacking home appliances

[Pete Soper]

Hi Nick,
    If this area doesn't seem very clear I would urge you to go Paul's 
route with an off the shelf solution. This is a variation on the theme  
of "if you have to ask, you can't afford it".
   And for anything near moisture and/or outdoors the AC power must be 
fed by a GFCI outlet or GFCI-protected circuit feeding the outlet 
("must" being 50% code requirement and 50% 'I want to maximize my chance 
of staying alive'). (You might say "but a coffee maker doesn't have a 
three prong plug". See above.) I'm bringing up the GFCI issue in case 
you might be tempted to run an extension cord out a window or door. 
Notice that the PowerSwitch Tail does not do GFCI, so for an outdoor 
application you'd feed it with a GFCI-protected outlet.

-Pete

On 06/25/2017 02:24 PM, The MacDougals via TriEmbed wrote:
>
> You can roll your own, or go the simple route…
>
> http://www.powerswitchtail.com/
>
> These have 5v input signal and control 110V AC in a safe package.
>
> ---> Paul
>
> *From:*TriEmbed [mailto:triembed-bounces at triembed.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Nick Meyer via TriEmbed
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:06 PM
> *To:* TriEmbed
> *Subject:* [TriEmbed] Hacking home appliances
>
> Hey all,
>
> I'm itching to try hacking some home appliances (e.g., coffee maker or 
> lamps) using some relays.
>
> Assuming you use a relay with the proper ratings, how risky is this?  
> I'm concerned about starting a fire or something.  Also, would this 
> violate some building code?
>
> Best,
>
> Nick
>
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