I tried that. I got a message in German I think, not the selected English language. it also errors with message about invalid times and will not switch back to auto. Had to delete and redo light, switch is what I want to avoid.
Looks like that's the socket on ebay, at one point I used them, if I remember you have to be quick with the soldering iron which isn't really possible or they deform internally and get lose. The last few years I've been getting the one's below, I believe it will fit nicely but it does look like there's no room for error, only difference I know is the small divider between the ground is taller and straight, these are better quality too.Well it appears a couple of my outlets in my dj strip are worn out, not the relay but the outlet itself. The receptacle connectors are not holding the plug tight at all so I want to replace a couple of them. Was wondering if anyone has used any of them in the past found a decent replacement, looked on Amazon but reviews are hit and miss. The part number on the outlet is SS-6B and here is what they look like
@robsworld78 or anyone that has used some decent replacements let me know, thanks.
Yup I ended up ordering some similar from Digikey, they had a bunch on Amazon but weren't oem but knockoffs. The mouser/digikey are UL listed and should be much better. Understand about the heat, I think I have gotten better that I think I can do it, what stinks is how to take it apart, solid copper hard to remove one in the middle, will have to think about that one. My plan is to tin the heck of the tabs and then apply it to the copper, hopefully I can get it to work, we will see.
Yeah Digikey has the same one, these are more heat resistant, would take a lot to melt them. Solder also sticks to these tabs easy, don't need to tin them. Some batches of universal outlets I need to file the tabs before solder will stick, a real pain.
These are the ones that I ordered - https://www.digikey.com/en/products...1Se7ee4cXxM0ElwXZDMZ23x4R03S2hhmjN37cds7jmOEy, I actually had the others up on mouser but digikey shipping is a lot quicker and figured they were about the same...I guess I will find out.
I haven't seen that one, looking at the datasheet there is a slight difference in size, probably no datasheet for the SS-B6.These are the ones that I ordered - https://www.digikey.com/en/products...1Se7ee4cXxM0ElwXZDMZ23x4R03S2hhmjN37cds7jmOEy, I actually had the others up on mouser but digikey shipping is a lot quicker and figured they were about the same...I guess I will find out.
Yeah I hope it will fit, to lazy to take measurements of the one I pulled out...I always have a dremel, lol.
In not super correct but maybe easy to understand terms, if the signal line goes high, the transistor becomes conductive and the 10V vanishes into the ground, and because of the 1k resistor the 10V line can't fight the ground (which would be a short). The result is that the output line is at 0V while the signal is high. If the signal line goes low, the connection to ground is cut and the 10V line becomes strong enough again to pull the output high to 10VI can follow the fritz diagram but I am hoping someone can explain how its working, 10v is inbound and then goes through 1k resistor which then goes to the collector and outputs 10v pwm but just not sure I follow how that is working. The blue lines are the 10v pwm output, 5v pwm from the reef-pi hat goes through a 10k resistor to the base pin, just not sure how that is switching the 10v input. Prolly a dumb question just trying to understand how it works.
1. According to @Ranjib original adafruit page - https://learn.adafruit.com/reef-pi-installation-and-configuration/parts Pi Zero, 2, 3 any Pi B+ will work.
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll take a peak at tailscale but if I go down a vpn route I’ll go OpenVPN and stick with something I’m familiar with. I was hoping to stay away from a vpn solution.1. According to @Ranjib original adafruit page - https://learn.adafruit.com/reef-pi-installation-and-configuration/parts Pi Zero, 2, 3 any Pi B+ will work.
1a. For robotank questions I would ask @robsworld78 he will know for sure...
2. I would not do a rp or anything like that I would look into Tailscale - https://tailscale.com/ what I came across in these threads and I run my own VPN but its really easy to setup and secure to boot, highly recommend it. Played with it this weekend and took maybe 10min to get it working on the rpi and my phone. If you want to roll your own then nebula would be what I would look into but for most purposes Tailscale should work easily and securely for you.
rpi 2 should work just fine. 26 pin models wont work. anything Model B (40 pin), including pi zeor, 2 , 3, 4 should all work. robotank should be fine as well
Yeah any Pi that has the 40 pin header will work with Robo-Tank.
