<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:41 PM, yuri <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yuridg@gmail.com" target="_blank">yuridg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 20 August 2013 11:24, Steve Hodge wrote:<br>
> Nick wanted dimming, but Yuri was just after relay control. He didn't say if<br>
> he was looking to switch mains power or not, but that would be the most<br>
> common case I'd guess.<br>
<br>
</div>I would never hook up a computer-controlled relay board directly to<br>
mains, even if it was rated for it.<br>
I would have contactors with ELV (12V or 24V) coils rated for mains switching.<br></blockquote><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">You can get computer controlled relay boards with separate coil voltage supplies (and with the coils optoisolated from the computer). In fact that's probably the typical scenario for 3.3V microprocessors like the Raspberry Pi. Obviously you must ensure your solution is appropriate to your requirements and the requirements for switching a couple of hundred watts of lights is significantly different from switching a 2kW heater.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Cheers,<br>Steve<br></div></div></div>