I have several mini smart wifi plugs made by Dekinmax. You plug it into a wall outlet and plug a lamp or other device into them to control it. They can be turned on or off by smartphone or by Amazon Alexa. Great fun to have guests over and say "Alexa turn on the living room light !"
But now to the question........ I have a small train set that is currently turned on for one minute every hour on the hour via an arduino with a relay. The SPST relay completes a 120v ac circuit to the train transformer. But I would like to ask Alexa to "turn on the train" when I want.
Does anyone see a problem with using the arduino relay to simply short across the smart plug from the "hot" input to the "hot" output of the switch ? I have taken apart a lot of the old x10 modules and the neutral input was simply carried directly to the neutral output, so a switch across the hot side would override the x10 plug'
I would take the Dekinmax smart switch apart, but it is well sealed - no screws. Anyone care to share their opinion?
Thanks in advance.
But now to the question........ I have a small train set that is currently turned on for one minute every hour on the hour via an arduino with a relay. The SPST relay completes a 120v ac circuit to the train transformer. But I would like to ask Alexa to "turn on the train" when I want.
Does anyone see a problem with using the arduino relay to simply short across the smart plug from the "hot" input to the "hot" output of the switch ? I have taken apart a lot of the old x10 modules and the neutral input was simply carried directly to the neutral output, so a switch across the hot side would override the x10 plug'
I would take the Dekinmax smart switch apart, but it is well sealed - no screws. Anyone care to share their opinion?
Thanks in advance.