Hello, I'm going to control an AC lamp with the Arduino. I just wanted to make sure i'm doing it right because of the risk of fire when working with high voltages. This is what i'm thinking… I'm going to take an extension cord and cut it in half and strip the wires. I will then cut the wires comin…

AC Lamp control

arduinohabib January 29, 2013, 12:05pm 14

You need to post the picture somewhere online. This is where you put a flyback diode, I drew a diagram:

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