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Monday,
Oct
19,

120 VAC Dimmer Lamp Driver Circuit

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It is a simple design full wave phase control. This circuit is supplied by AC line. In this circuit is there the four diodes provide a full wave rectified voltage to the anode of a SCR. The figure in below is the circuit.


This is a principle work of the circuit. Two small signal transistors are connected in a switch configuration so that when the voltage on the 2.2uF capacitor reaches about 8 volts, the transistors will switch on and discharge the capacitor through the SCR gate causing it to begin conducting. As the resistance is reduced, the time is reduced and the SCR will conduct earlier during each half cycle which applies a greater average voltage across the load. With the resistance set to minimum the SCR will trigger when the voltage rises to about 40 volts or 15 degrees into the cycle. To compensate for component tolerances, the 15K resistor can be adjusted slightly so that the output voltage is near zero when the 50K pot is set to maximum.

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