{"id":1624,"date":"2011-04-05T20:11:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/05\/light-dimmer-control-using-a-triac\/"},"modified":"2011-04-05T20:11:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T18:11:41","slug":"light-dimmer-control-using-a-triac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"Light Dimmer Control using a Triac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned using the PWM output to control a LARGE load with a Triac and  someone asked what other parts you need so here is the circuit needed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"file-link image\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/triac.jpg\" title=\"triac.jpg\" alt=\"triac.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have an electrical box with 3 of these circuits inside. That way I  can keep it separated from the low voltage PIC. With proper heat-sinking  and part selection 1200W Halogen lights are not a problem. It is  optically isolated from the PIC but remember if your using PWM you may  generate a lot of noise with a long cable run to the control head.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/photo7.JPG\" title=\"photo7.JPG\" alt=\"photo7.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got a nice heat sink electrical box combo from P&amp;T Surplus for  $10. If you&#8217;re ever in Kingston NY its a must see shop. Old dead PC  power supply cases also make nice enclosures and can usually be had for  free from your neighborhood trash bins or techie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned using the PWM output to control a LARGE load with a Triac and someone asked what other parts you need so here is the circuit needed. I have an electrical box with 3 of these circuits inside. That way I can keep it separated from the low voltage PIC. With proper heat-sinking and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tcf-2011"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}