> a slight twist: how about one of those units that offer remote control of a mains socket with an IR > transmitter? you should be able to hack the transmitter without loosing the approvals of the > switching unit... not great but better than a kick in the teeth. or an acoustically driven unit.... Clap on, clap off ;-) Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics