Remote Control Appliance Switch

B and Q had 3 switches and single remote control for £14.97 reduced from £24 ish - today sorry nomake remembered

Will killing the mains allow it to shut down properly. Most go through a shut down routine when the Off button is pressed.

I wondered that - but have been assured that it will be fine (apparently, the proper switch is just that - a mains switch). Inded, when I searched old posts to uk.d-i-y, one of the references was to someone doing precisely this on a LaerJet (not sure which model).

Thanks for making the point. Even if it didn't work for the printer for some reason, I'd still want to try my other ideas out. And thanks, Ageless, will have a look at B&Q, but I couldn't find any mention of such devices on their (useless) web site.

I couldn't find it either when I looked for the make but w only went to B&Q on saturday morning when SWMBO told me I saw them :-)

Are you looking for the type of switch which is on sale at Lidl next Monday the 17th?

Yes - I was. Damn, damn, damn.

Local B&Q had an over-priced Byron model but none of the Domia (nor any other make).

I eventually ordered online. Nearest Lidl is a pain to get to - at least it is during the hours they are open.

I also noticed that several models are only rated 1000 W (some only 300 or 500 or some such). The ones I have ordered are at least rated at 3000 W - so not as unhappy as I might have been.

Thanks anyway.

Nowhere near as cheap, but Z-Wave products are very good and mor reliable and extensible than X10. Depends on how into the home automation you want to get really. Not a huge range available here in Blighty that is soon to change. I have a couple of light dimmer modules that I use a Harmony 895 (which I already owned) to control. Can be bought here:

Yes - I was impressed by the talk about Z-Wave - but far too little "out there" yet. (It was actually being convinced of how much better Z-Wave could be than X10 that convinced me to avoid X10.) And odd how you see Z-Wave devices that are CE approved and remotes that are not.

When they are sold by Lidl I will buy them :-)