       // ac power down
       case 0:
         Serial.println("IR -----> AC Power Down");
+        irrecv.disableIRIn();
         lgWhisen.power_down();
         delay(5);
+        irrecv.enableIRIn();
         break;
 
       // ac on
       case 1:
         Serial.println("IR -----> AC Power On");
+        irrecv.disableIRIn();
         lgWhisen.activate();
         delay(5);
+        irrecv.enableIRIn();
         break;
 
       default:

  Serial.println();

  configTime(9 * 3600, 0, "pool.ntp.org", "time.nist.gov");
}

unsigned long lastPing = 0;

// 80MHZ NODEMCU V.1
// slackbot testing using https://github.com/urish/arduino-slack-bot
/**
   Arduino Real-Time Slack Bot
