[TriEmbed] Hacking home appliances

[Nick Meyer]

Thanks for the help and advice!

Pete, I figured someone might give me that response and I think that's all
I needed to hear. Will most likely stay away from this kind of thing for a
while.

Might check out Paul's idea, but won't be venturing into making my own.

Nick

On Jun 25, 2017 3:56 PM, "Pete Soper via TriEmbed" <triembed at triembed.org>
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> 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:
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> You can roll your own, or go the simple route…
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> http://www.powerswitchtail.com/
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> These have 5v input signal and control 110V AC in a safe package.
>
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> ---> Paul
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> *Subject:* [TriEmbed] Hacking home appliances
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> Hey all,
>
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>
> I'm itching to try hacking some home appliances (e.g., coffee maker or
> lamps) using some relays.
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>
> 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?
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> Best,
>
> Nick
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