You can not control switching on/off your home lamp or laundry directly with arduino or microcontroller. To do that you need relay module.

This relay module consists of 1 relays. Each relay is connected to a current  buffer so that you can connect them directly to a Microcontroller or Arduino.

Using these relays you can easily control high power devices or appliances using arduino or microcontrollers, the relay is rated for 230V 10Amps. 

Specifications

Rating:  10A  (250V AC or 30 V DC)

Input (Control) voltage: 5V DC