General information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIAC
Information specific to your device can be usually found on the manufacturer's website.
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Re: Light dimmer not working
General information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIAC
Information specific to your device can be usually found on the manufacturer's website.
Google is your friend.
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Re: Light dimmer not working
Norm, it seems that this is a sensitive triac.
On page 2 it says that for a trigger pulse of 1.3V and a 100mA current the holding current of the load will be 5mA only.
But as you can see it needs 100mA trigger pulse!
On page 4 on the top diagram, there is a relation of the temperature to the holding current, which fall as the temperature rises.
To seems more appropriate to drive it with a small transformer, so that a 5V pulse will be lowered to 1.3 but with an increase in current drive. A 5V at 20mA will be transformed to a 1.3 at about 70mA.
HTH,
Ioannis
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