irwin@m.cs.uiuc.edu (02/08/90)
/* Written 10:14 am Feb 5, 1990 by tjr@concurrent.co.uk in m.cs.uiuc.edu:sci.electronics */ /* ---------- "Infra-red remote controlled power s" ---------- */ >Can anyone help me by telling me the manufacturer (if there is one!) >of a product, either pre-assembled or in kit form, that could control >the power supply to an electrical appliance via an I/R remote. >This device should ideally sit between the mains socket and the appliance >and must be available in the UK. >Please e-mail, thanks in advance. /* End of text from m.cs.uiuc.edu:sci.electronics */ I would adapt the radio portion of an electronic garage door opener, if one could not be found else where. A modern radio with binary security code can be purchased to update older systems on garage door openers. I got one from Sears and updated our garage door opener. This could pick up a latching relay in the same fashion that it does for the motor of the opener, to power the device in question. I do not know, but assume that door openers and radio systems are used in the UK. Al Irwin irwin@m.cs.uiuc.edu