Alan,

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:24:09 -0700 (PDT), alan smith wrote:

>...
>   For relays...yes I can add a relay to an appliance module, just more hoping that there was a single relay module out there, rather than 4 or 8.  Not a big deal...I 
have some small boxes with AC prongs that I suppose they were just waiting for this project to come around. 

I'm a bit confused - the Appliance Module *is* a relay (a latching one, so it comes up in the same state it was when power was removed).  If you're just turning a 
mains powered device on and off, that's all you need.  (Lighting modules are a different thing, being designed just for incandescent lights, and dimmable, I think they 
use triac switching).  You can tell an Appliance Module has a relay, because of the loud "Clack" when it operates!  :-)

At least, that's how it is over here - I can't imagine it's different on US units.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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