yep, i realized after i made the post that it would get power as soon as i plugged it in. i have a light system i wanted to control with my tx for my crawler, and had to buy a
r/c relay switch from dimension engineering to do be able to turn it on and off from the tx. as soon as i plugged the light system in without the pico switch, the light system turned on.
so, that's what i'll do - thanks neil and brian (notice the spelling)

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you're right - a specialty adapter section would be a nice touch to the Monster store!