Fair enough, thanks. Yes I did consider wiring the kettle always on but hadn't thought about units to control the mains. That looks interesting.<br><br>Thanks. Anyone got any more suggestions?<br><br> Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2009/4/2 Robert Ladyman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:it@file-away.co.uk">it@file-away.co.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You might find it easier to wire the kettle so that it is always on (i.e. no<br>
on-board on-off switch, it just starts to boil when the power is on) and then<br>
control the mains power, for which there are already units available. (e.g.<br>
<a href="http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=14" target="_blank">http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=14</a> or<br>
<a href="http://www.digidave.co.uk/jshop/product.php?xProd=293" target="_blank">http://www.digidave.co.uk/jshop/product.php?xProd=293</a>). There are also small<br>
telehone-tone controlled on/off plugs (I have two, they are about £10 to £30<br>
each) but, of course, they are not ethernet.<br>
<br>
The disadvantage will be possible safety problems (what if there is no water -<br>
the kettle's built-in switch can usually cope with this)<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thursday 02 April 2009 04:27:17 christopher wyllie wrote:<br>
> Hello everyone,<br>
><br>
> This will perhaps seem like a strange request but that may just be a result<br>
> of it being 20 past 4 in the morning. Anyway, does anyone have any ideas of<br>
> how I could get my hands on some hardware to create an ethernet controlled<br>
> kettle?<br>
><br>
> I'm ideally looking for some sort of embedded I/O device that I can plug<br>
> with ethernet into a router and then fire requests at over the network to<br>
> turn the kettle on and off. Can anyone suggest anything which would have<br>
> these capabilities? Embedded Linux would be cool but I was also looking at<br>
> picaxe micro controllers but they don't seem to have an ethernet<br>
> connectable board (although if I bought all the bits, I could make my own<br>
> damn intelligent kettle, they have all the sensors and stuff like that :P).<br>
><br>
> It would be a bonus if the components are quite cheap also because that may<br>
> make the difference between this being a possible dream and an "is it<br>
> technically feasible" kind of dream :P<br>
><br>
> Anyways, thanks and salutations,<br>
> Chris<br>
<br>
<br>
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