SCR's Please Educate Me :)
Lack of experience urges me to ask this question... Silicon Controlled Rectifiers seem to be very limited in scope of application. When substituted for a mechanical magnetic relay are SCR's that...
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I know Mr DrewE,
Maybe I'm missing the point. I want to clean up that table top. This is a Mexican house and in the kitchen is a wooden cabinet with a stainless sink on top/ Zero counters.
Having live circuits sunk flush (receptacles) occurred to me. But I am not going to waste 40% of a monthly pension trying to find appliances that have integral switches. No matter what I think up I don't like it. It's frustrating as heck. But I can dream all I want, and that single receptacle will not multiply. Concrete walls are a hassle. Wires are submerged into hardened and sometimes sandy concrete. Reminds me of the old Chrysler troubleshooting contest where evil minds conspired to formulate confusing interpolated symptoms to thwart easily diagnosis.
The appliance no-switch point makes this tougher. But for a measly hundred forty five dollars I can diddy bop down to Costco Mexico and get a new Braun griddle with a switch -- sorta pricey switch yes/no?
I'm out of easy answers. BTW I am insisting on DPDT switches for use with electric metal case appliances. Just in case some bonehead attacks the service drop when I am absent.
Brings up a point. Like all Mexican homes this one is full of rebar. With a magnet I can find rebar in the concrete wall. If I learn which threaded screw is designed to function in bare concrete I could establish an earth ground.
Maybe I'm missing the point. I want to clean up that table top. This is a Mexican house and in the kitchen is a wooden cabinet with a stainless sink on top/ Zero counters.
Having live circuits sunk flush (receptacles) occurred to me. But I am not going to waste 40% of a monthly pension trying to find appliances that have integral switches. No matter what I think up I don't like it. It's frustrating as heck. But I can dream all I want, and that single receptacle will not multiply. Concrete walls are a hassle. Wires are submerged into hardened and sometimes sandy concrete. Reminds me of the old Chrysler troubleshooting contest where evil minds conspired to formulate confusing interpolated symptoms to thwart easily diagnosis.
The appliance no-switch point makes this tougher. But for a measly hundred forty five dollars I can diddy bop down to Costco Mexico and get a new Braun griddle with a switch -- sorta pricey switch yes/no?
I'm out of easy answers. BTW I am insisting on DPDT switches for use with electric metal case appliances. Just in case some bonehead attacks the service drop when I am absent.
Brings up a point. Like all Mexican homes this one is full of rebar. With a magnet I can find rebar in the concrete wall. If I learn which threaded screw is designed to function in bare concrete I could establish an earth ground.
