alan smith wrote:

> True...unplugged....unpowered....the crux of the matter is I have control
> on the source side of the plug and not the device plugged into the wall.

Still not clear (to me?) whether you want unplugged or unpowered :)

> The device could be a wall wart, a regular plug, so size itself may
> change thus any sort of optic sense can't be employed but I'd love it I
> could as it stays away from touching the 110VAC.  Wire wrapped around
> the hot (or return) would be great if this was a custom one-off or home
> project but this is going to be a mass produced with as little overhead
> as possible. 

Are you making the outlet (mechanical portion)? If so, maybe you can add a
switch of the sort they have in audio sockets. Or something optical that
detects when there's something plugged in.

Gerhard

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