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« on: January 11, 2011, 06:31:27 AM »
.... and I should be able to use it for something.  I'm just not sure what.

http://www.canakit.com/4-port-usb-relay-controller.html



I've been looking for a way to log run times on the furnace (minutes on/minutes off) and I stumbled across this.
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 06:49:55 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2011, 06:53:10 AM »
Quote from: WeatherHost on January 11, 2011, 06:31:27 AM
.... and I should be able to use it for something.  I'm just not sure what.

http://www.canakit.com/4-port-usb-relay-controller.html



Looks like something you could build a child's game with.
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2011, 07:02:03 AM »
If all you want to do is record on/off times it would seem a heck of a lot easier to just use a solid state relay across the furnace switched power to activate your PC port (on 24/7) running a strip chart program. Just have to make a little serial or USB connection from the relay.
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