[dorkbotpdx-blabber] 5v AC relays?

[Frank Canaan]

This would work i think, nice and reuseable too!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy_Home_Automation_using_servo_switches/


On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Mykle Hansen <mykle at mykle.com> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> i have an interesting lamp i'd like to turn on and off
> with my arduino.  it's a walk/don't-walk sign, lit by
> two neon bulbs that run off normal 115vac wall current.
>
> so i need some AC relays, obviously, and those are easy
> to buy of course.  but i wonder if you have any suggestions
> for a junk/scrap source to salvage them from.  my lightbar
> budget is way below zero at this point.
>
> any tips welcome!
> -mykle-
>
> p.s. i also dream of figuring out how to dim a normal
> 115vac lightbulb with an arduino.  is there a clever
> circuit for that?
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