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Post 2 made on Friday January 5, 2018 at 01:47
Ernie Gilman
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Look up the Niles FG00242, a Voltage-Triggered AC Power Strip. This is also sold under its old number, the AC-3. I've seen this on amazon. This should do it for you. There might be similar products out there, but I'm not aware of them.

This thing senses how much current is drawn by one outlet, and when enough is sensed, it turns on another outlet. Plug a 12 volt wall wart into that switched outlet and you'll have a nice trigger voltage for your 20 gauge wire pair.

This thing doesn't work when it's being used with a product that doesn't use enough current for the sensing device to reliably be triggered on.
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