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control light switches from TV remote

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/control-light-switches-from-tv-remote.65192/

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Bigtech Original post #1
Aug 10, 2007 at 3:02 PM
Can anyone tell me how can I control light switches from my TV remote?
pritish_kul2
Aug 10, 2007 at 3:32 PM
wrong thread. i think people who post in wrong threads shuld also be banned otherwise we'll be having a fleet of wrong threads.
RCuber
RCuber #3
Aug 10, 2007 at 3:38 PM
^^ Chill pritish.. He is a new guy .. and new guys often make mistakes in the begining ..
pritish_kul2
Aug 10, 2007 at 4:10 PM
but jaise jaise new people come more will be the no. of mistakes and i noticed tht the fresh stock always make the mistake of putting Question in the tutorials section. i think tht there's somnething wrong wiith the name of this section.
RCuber
RCuber #5
Aug 10, 2007 at 5:13 PM
@Bigtech : you have to use aditional circuits/devices to turn on appliances like lights/fan etc etc. If you are from electronics background and have built circuits then you can just build one yourself or buy a ready made kit available in the market. these kits usually have a remote with them. There are also commercial devices available which does what you asked for.

pritish_kul2 said:
but jaise jaise new people come more will be the no. of mistakes and i noticed tht the fresh stock always make the mistake of putting Question in the tutorials section. i think tht there's somnething wrong wiith the name of this section.
Even I made many mistakes and posted in the wrong sections before when I joined digit. All the seniour guys helped me to understand how things work in the forum. Now same cycle repeats again .. so we have to help the new members and make them understand how to post here by pointing out to the correct sections and giving the links. :)

Reporting to move the thread to Q&A
romeo_8693
Aug 12, 2007 at 11:20 AM
@bigtech
first this aint a electronics froum
abt ur query:
u need a ir detector module,wire it to a relay and transistor(for signal amplification)...the relay should be connected to power supply of bulb....

check here:www.electronicsforu.com
iMav
iMav #7
Aug 12, 2007 at 12:04 PM
offtopic: pritish the avatar is created from which site ... iv seen a couple of ppl have the same thing which site :?
iMav
iMav #9
Aug 12, 2007 at 7:19 PM
thanx a lot
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Aug 12, 2007 at 7:34 PM
just do a google search.