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Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by gwbas1c on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @10:50AM (#29331168)
I came across that a few years ago. I'm not sure why I didn't use it. I suspect it's because I wasn't sure if it'd work with the hub, or if it was pico-only.

At least as far as controlling the outlet for holiday lighting: It is a 15-amp circuit, and I could easily anticipate plugging in a power-hungry tool at some time.

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Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by quickthrowman on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @10:53AM (#29331199)
In that case, there’s also a 16A version! (16A is 80% of 20A) It’s only rated for up to 1/2 HP motors. If your 120v power tool is over ~10A, you’d want to have the power pack trigger a motor-rated line-voltage contactor, and that contactor would turn the power on and off.

https://www.lutron.com/ExternalTechnicalDocumentLibrary/AL-1...

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