Wednesday 21 January 2015

Using the Mains Switch Widget to switch 4 mains powered appliances

The other day I had the following query regarding the Mains Switch Widget. "I am looking into a project involving my Raspberry Pi I wish to complete which will allow me to automate the habitat of my Bearded Dragon's vivarium including temperature control and lighting. I am in need of some way to control the ON/OFF status of a few 240v devices which would usually plug into a standard, UK power outlet." Well - below are a couple of ways of doing this.