thanks for the feedback bigben.
I have been told I can find solid state (read tiny) relays at allectronics.com that would serve my same purpose. I know the phaestus article well and my only major gripe is that my unit design I wish to be much more compact. The radio shack and allelectronic.com relays I have seen are roughly 1.5-2inch cubes that then have to be mounted into an assembly that makes the entire 'box' at least 3 cubic inches. "Solid state relay" searches on google and various electronic sites have not provided anything that I think matches my ideal.
One site a while back I found was selling a very small pcb with resistor and some form of relay that looked like a small bios chip that made the entire unit 2 square inches with about 1/2 inch height. Something like that could be tucked away inside a power supply.
Size may be a minor quibble with this entire thing for most but for some reason it matters to me not to have a big clunky box in my system. After years of hackneyed computer mods, I may be getting prissy about my projects.
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