[plug] Call me crazy...

[James Devenish]

In message <BBC5435B.2451%ahewitt at globaldial.com>
on Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 10:13:47AM +0800, Adam Hewitt wrote:
> But does anyone with any significant electronics knowledge know if it would
> be possible to somehow connect a kettle to a serial port on a PC

The PC might have to be somewhat close to the kettle, or your wires will
be inoperably long.

> so that you could boil the kettle from your desktop and get some type
> of reading to tell you when its boiled??

Fine in principle, but it will depend on the model of kettle. Other than
whether it is moulded/welded in such a way that you would have to wreck
it to get at its insides, also consider that different rocker switch and
thermostat mechanisms might be easier to mingle with than others.
People have connected small devices such as coffee machines to the
Internet, so the concept is proven.


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