Thought first of a device that stores have that turn on lights at dusk. 
Hook crock pot to that and put light or led next to sensor and tape the 
combo light tight.  But that would require led to be on to keep crock pot 
off.  Could this be considered a "FAIL SAFE" feature?

Alternative the first would be to get one of the "clap clap it's on, clap 
clap its off" clapper thingees for lamps.  Again (sort of as before), place 
a speaker from the pic next to sensor and tape it along with maybe some 
soundproofing.  Monitor the crock pot with a temperature sensor to insure 
that it did go on.

Bill

Is there a prize for the first team to use a Pic in the Rube Goldberg 
Competition?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Park" <mp__@hotmail.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:22 AM
Subject: [PIC] crockpot control?


> What's a good way for a PIC to control (on/off) a crockpot? (120 VAC, a
> couple hundred watts.)
> "Good" in this case means simple, cheap, and most importantly, safe. I'm a
> bit scared of high voltage, and I consider anything over 5V high :)  I'd
> just go with a relay, but I expect there'll be arcing when the contacts
> close and that makes me nervous. Better ideas?
>
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