Hi
I was in maplin the other day and they are selling the following product for about £15.
http://www.oneclickpower.com/acatalog/#aDSK105
It is designed for switching peripherals off automatically when the computer is switched off, but could possibly work for switching on a dust extractor automatically.
I emailed the manfacturer and as expected they did state that it was not designed for power tools, however they did say the switching capacity is 12A and it can switch inductive loads, so I don't see why it should not work.
They did say using with power tools would invalidate the warranty.
I think it has a 5 sec delay from powerup of master device before the slaves switch on (not ideal), but also a delay of 5 seconds after powerdown of master before the slaves power down, which seems good.
May pop back sometime and pick one up. If I do I'll let you all know how I get on.
If anybody else has tried one of these would be interested to know if it worked okay.
Incidentally the manufacturer mentioned that it was in the process of designing an industrial version...
Paul
I was in maplin the other day and they are selling the following product for about £15.
http://www.oneclickpower.com/acatalog/#aDSK105
It is designed for switching peripherals off automatically when the computer is switched off, but could possibly work for switching on a dust extractor automatically.
I emailed the manfacturer and as expected they did state that it was not designed for power tools, however they did say the switching capacity is 12A and it can switch inductive loads, so I don't see why it should not work.
They did say using with power tools would invalidate the warranty.
I think it has a 5 sec delay from powerup of master device before the slaves switch on (not ideal), but also a delay of 5 seconds after powerdown of master before the slaves power down, which seems good.
May pop back sometime and pick one up. If I do I'll let you all know how I get on.
If anybody else has tried one of these would be interested to know if it worked okay.
Incidentally the manufacturer mentioned that it was in the process of designing an industrial version...
Paul