jhwilliams Wrote: > Hi Hugh - how much further did you get with this. > > I couldn't find a reliable component that would switch mains (240v > here) from 5v. The nearest I got was a solid state device that could > switch 230v/3A. >
The specific part I was looking at was for US mains power (120V/8A) - Sharp S102S01 - see http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Sharp/Web%20Data/s102s01.pdf The S202S01 should work just fine for 230V EU mains. At this point, though, we've determined that the speakers / amplifiers in question (the ones that would be switched) consume about 140ma continuously - whether producing sound or not. That level of consumption converts to about $6.25 (~5.20 euros) per YEAR in excess power cost. So - any solution has to be REALLY low cost to pay off in any reasonable time... Felix's idea, while pragmatic, just grates against my elegance-meter... It would certainly not be useful for a commercial solution. I just wouldn't really consider it unless it were my own hardware (which is NOT the case here). -- hhoover ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hhoover's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2581 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17974 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
