Agreed that's one way. Unfortunately,  I don't have the space for that,=20
maybe there's a cubic inch. But you bring up an interesting possibility.=20
Since if the power is on there would be considerable amperage flowing,=20
would a toroid transformer made with numerous turns of a light gauge=20
(maybe say 20 ga.) wire, and then the LED and a reversed diode work. The=20
nameplate says 240 volt 4500 watts. But that's wouldn't say the power is=20
on, just that current is flowing.

The LED, capacitor, reverse diode, fuse, and resistor seem easier.

On 8/31/2012 2:39 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
> Buy a cheap AC to DC adapter on eBay or similar.
> I have seen 110-220V AC to 5V USB adapters for 10 cents on eBay.
> They are probably crap..... but you can salvage one locally from somethin=
g.
> Then you have isolation.
>
> Best
> Gus
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