Don't reinvent the wheel, X10 (carrier current
operated) switches exist for both
AC & dry-contact!
Clapper is just bad...
DHSinclair wrote:
> Well yes. Sort of. Not a 'physical switch' like a
wall switch, but
> 'physical' enough to control hd's remotely.
>
> If you want to control AC, like for a remote hd box
plugged into the
> wall, you could use triacs or diacs. The infamous
"Clapper" is just a
> triac triggered by an scr triggered by a microphone
feeding an A/D
> converter (very simplistically). If you just want
to control the DC
> lines to internal hds, you could just use SCRs. And
these types of
> switching gadgets can be made as exotic as you wish.
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