1 4,000-Joule Exploding Wire Machine
Cited as a vivid example of huge current pulses making conductors blow apart, and of the heavy thyristor needed to switch that much power.
Topic
thyristors
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2 Electronic Basics #20: Thyristor, Triac || Phase Angle Control
A short GreatScott explainer on thyristors, triacs and phase angle control, valued for scope traces and for being simpler to follow than written accounts.
3 Photoelectric light controls are weirder than they seem
Recommended for understanding how commercial dusk-to-dawn light switches work, and also offered as a learning aid on thyristors and SCRs.
