I've seen them, it looks like a wall adapter with an electrical cord coming out of it. In action, the item hooked between the wall and the appliance starts up at the same time as the appliance or load.
What do you call the switch that works by sensing something else starting.
Aug 01, 2007
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The one I saw was in an old stereo phonograph, to turn on the amplifier with the turntable.
They make them to turn on a dust collector automatically when, say, a table saw is turned on.
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HTH,
Paul
Thats the ticket, thanks Paul
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There's gotta be more inside that one than just a current relay to get that seven second delay.
Jeff
Oh that's nothing.
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Then don't eat any cameras :-)
My local Sears store carries the gadget. It's designed to turn on the light and the vacuum when you start a saw. But that's just the packaging that Sears provides. It could just as well turn off a printer when you turn off the computer (assuming the power supply doesn't draw too much juice in standby.)
Current sensing relay. HVAC guys use them sometimes.
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