This is half for learning half for the automation of it.
I have an inverter in my car that is buried in a mess of other electronics. An extension cord runs out of it to an outlet in my side panel. The inverter is turned on by a relay triggered by one of two buttons.
I'm wondering if there is an easy way of detecting is something is physically plugged into the outlet (outlet with a built in relay perhaps?) that could trigger the relay to turn on the inverter. So if something is plugged into the outlet the inverter is automatically turned on. I can use relays to adapt to whatever kind of switch, button, or relay output would be coming from the outlet.
I have an inverter in my car that is buried in a mess of other electronics. An extension cord runs out of it to an outlet in my side panel. The inverter is turned on by a relay triggered by one of two buttons.
I'm wondering if there is an easy way of detecting is something is physically plugged into the outlet (outlet with a built in relay perhaps?) that could trigger the relay to turn on the inverter. So if something is plugged into the outlet the inverter is automatically turned on. I can use relays to adapt to whatever kind of switch, button, or relay output would be coming from the outlet.