Light dimmers


Posted on Mar 13, 2013

The two lamp-dimmer circuits differ in that (a) employs a single-time-constant trigger network and (b) uses a double-time-constant trigger circuit that reduces hysteresis effects and thereby extends the effective range of the light-control potentiometer. (Hysteresisre-fers to a difference in the control potentiometer setting at which the lamp turns on and the setting at which the light is extinguished) The additional capacitor C2 in (b) reduces hysteresis by charging to a higher voltage than capacitor C3


Light dimmers
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During gate triggering, C3 discharges to form the gate current pulse. Capacitor C2, however, has a longer discharge time constant and this capacitor restores some of the charge removed from C3 by the gate current pulse.




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