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Originally posted by airspirit
But Ben, the inner geek demands not only a whole bank of switches, but a big LED display with a countdown timer on it. A really sexy way to do this would be to take a kitched egg timer and modify it with momentary contact switches so that as the knob turns (use one of the five minute types) the different switches get hit causing the next circuit to fire up, so that your pump starts, then your TEC, then ten seconds later your CPU. I'm sure there is something better to use than an egg timer, cos all you need is something that rotates at a set speed. Don't ask me about the circuits youd need to trip the thing with a momentary switch cos I can't help you there, but it would be a n33t solution. Imagine cranking a dial and watching everything automatically fire up ....
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I don't agree on the uber geek multi switch watch-out-she's-gonna-blow ghetto setup, but I'll give you the countdown timer. Fairly easy to do actually. (an article?)