mike ring wrote:

BTW, someone chucked a googly when they said some fans have a sort of
pulsed control, so the user's "mains on" state is fleeting.

I dunno what you do then....

Use a bi-stable circuit to act as a latching toggle control.....

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Cheers,

John.

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