Topic

triacs

5 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.

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   1 Teardown of an eBay 25A Solid State Relay. (SSR)

   bigclivedotcom 11 people · 13 months · since Mar 2016

   Big Clive opens a cheap eBay 25A solid state relay and finds a triac rated well below the label; cited when people ask what is inside these SSRs.

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   2 Electronic Basics #20: Thyristor, Triac || Phase Angle Control

   GreatScott! 5 people · 5 months · since Sept 2017

   A short GreatScott explainer on thyristors, triacs and phase angle control, valued for scope traces and for being simpler to follow than written accounts.

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   3 Solid State Relay || DIY or Buy

   GreatScott! 5 people · 4 months · since Nov 2017

   GreatScott! explains solid state relays and why triac based AC units cannot switch DC, cited for its notes on control voltage and failure modes.

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   4 Making a Heated Seat

   ElectroBOOM 4 people · 4 months · since Mar 2019

   Recommended as an entertaining ElectroBOOM explanation of triacs and AC power control, built around a comically impractical heated seat.

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   5 Photoelectric light controls are weirder than they seem

   Technology Connections 4 people · 3 months · since Aug 2023

   Recommended for understanding how commercial dusk-to-dawn light switches work, and also offered as a learning aid on thyristors and SCRs.