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Phase Dimmer Control using Triac


Dinesh4761

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Hello Sir/Madam,
 
I am engineering student making phase dimmer control using triac
The schematic is as attached
What I have observed that many times attached circuit stop working due to failure of triac
I am not sure is it because of di/dt or dv/dt failure. In order to avoid this I have used triac of much higher rating (10A) even though current needed can be as low as 1A.
However the problem continues.
 
I have observed that the failure is for transformer powered halogen lamp (inductive load?) and for ceiling fans.
It works satisfactorily for incandescent lamps.
 
Also I am sharing one more observation that if I connect glass tube fuse link in series with the load then the fuse blows.
From the various information available I realized that I need to use choke / inductor to overcome this problem. Is that right?
I need help to
    1. To find out the value of the inductor for 0.5A, 1A and 2A
    2. Is this a special type of inductor? if yeswish to know make
 
Thank you in advance
 
Dinesh

Phase_Dimmer_Schematic.png

Phase_Dimmer_Schematic.pdf

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  • 1 month later...

Hi... a light dimmer like that, which switches power on part way through each half cycle, can only work well with a direct filament lamp load.
To dim any other type of lamp, a different circuit has to be used where the power is on from the zero crossing of the AC supply and turned off at some point through each half cycle.
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