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I would use a real relay to switch line voltage power, like one of these: https://www.functionaldevices.com/product/ribu1c/ https://www.functionaldevices.com/pr
by quickthrowman 3y ago
I would use a real relay to switch line voltage power, like one of these: https://www.functionaldevices.com/product/ribu1c/ https://www.functionaldevices.com/product/ribu1c/
It has a 10-30v (and 120v)control coil so you can use a low voltage circuit to control it.
- jacquesm 3y agoThose look pretty serious.
- quickthrowman 3y agoSwitching line voltage current is serious, I’ll take an enclosed relay with a UL listing over an aliexpress special. This one is more suitable for use with an ESP8266, it has a pair of dry contact inputs and switches 120v-277v that could be triggered with GPIO: https://www.functionaldevices.com/product/rib01bdc/ https://www.functionaldevices.com/product/rib01bdc/
- jacquesm 3y agoI'll keep those in mind. I do this sort of thing all the time and I ended up building a custom ESP8266 unit to switch my heater on and off based on a bunch of remote thermometer readings in the house. The decision is a bit tricky: keep the pump running but the heater off to spread the heat more evenly or to fire up the boiler as well. So with some HA scripting that works super reliable but from a hardware perspective it could still be improve on and your supplier looks like it just what I was looking for when I was building this but couldn't find something suitable. Thanks!