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Well.  I'm all for PnP but doesn't this still require the user to solder the 3-pin header (or socket) to the DCSRC?

Also, one reason for using the 74HC14 (vs. 555) was the drastically lower current requirement since no information is available on how much power can be "stolen" from the DCSRC to power this add-on.  I suppose one could use the CMOS LMC555 rather than the bi-polar LM555.

So that's why I was asking what the latest thinking is wrt the PBW.  I'd have to hunt it down but I seem to recall an OGR thread where I suggested a $5 cycling timer-module that would perpetually cycle power to a stock (unmodified) DCSRC on for 1 sec, off for 0.1 sec which means the DCSRC would not need to be opened and modified at all.  Problem was this was accompanied by relay clicking which could drive one nuts.  I don't recall what happened but perhaps a ~$1 eBay SSR (solid-state-relay) module could be paired with some kind of timer-module for click-less operation.

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