>> Have you considered just having a switch underneath, bearing on
>> the surface it's resting on, so that it operates when lifted off it ?
>
> eg a mouse microswitch - very low operation force

I have just seen another good idea (does not work in dark) a cds photocel 
mounted in the bottom

Peter van Hoof 


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