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I'm trying to power a light bulb on my fish tank so I can turn it on and off remotely. I believe powering the light bulb is as simple as ...
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  1. 01-23-2008 #1
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    Lightbulb USB Powered Light Bulb

    I'm trying to power a light bulb on my fish tank so I can turn it on and off remotely.

    I believe powering the light bulb is as simple as connecting the USB's black and red cables to the matching cables on the bulb connector.

    However, how would I turn the bulb off from my computer without unplugging the USB. I think I need to use the bus but what is the missing component I need between the computer and bulb? Or is it as simple as umount?
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    I think if it's unmounted, it's still getting power, otherwise unmounted devices would not be detected.

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