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eYeLess

Jan 1, 1970
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hi what do u guys recommend for home lightning control to use: solid
state relays, TRIAC, high power mosfet, igbt, thyristor????
thanks
 
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CFoley1064

Jan 1, 1970
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Subject: lightning control
From: [email protected] (eYeLess)
Date: 9/21/2004 9:20 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

hi what do u guys recommend for home lightning control to use: solid
state relays, TRIAC, high power mosfet, igbt, thyristor????
thanks

For home lightning control, mount at least one lightning rod on the roof of the
house, and use cable to get a good earth ground.

For home lighting control of incandescents, most controls use triacs.

Good luck either way.
Chris
 
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Chaos Master

Jan 1, 1970
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eYeLess says:
hi what do u guys recommend for home lightning control to use: solid
state relays, TRIAC, high power mosfet, igbt, thyristor????
thanks

Do you mean 'lighting'?
If yes, the TRIAC is the most common way.


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w_tom

Jan 1, 1970
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Best to use 'zero crossing' triacs. This will minimize
power dissipated in that triac.
 
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Watson A.Name - \Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\

Jan 1, 1970
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eYeLess said:
hi what do u guys recommend for home lightning control to use: solid
state relays, TRIAC, high power mosfet, igbt, thyristor????
thanks

Use a kite with a tinsel string and a key at the end. ;-)
 
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eYeLess

Jan 1, 1970
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haha funny sorry i meant lighting control
well im trying to control a normal light bulb 100 watts maybe via a
micrcontroller that will recieve the command from a central station
using zigbee i thought i could use one of the general i/o ports of the
mcu
but im not sure what else i would be missing to control the triac
do you guys have any suggestions? thanks in advance!
 
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Chaos Master

Jan 1, 1970
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w_tom writes within:
Best to use 'zero crossing' triacs. This will minimize
power dissipated in that triac.

Exactly, I forgot this. This is what replying when you're tired gives.

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Chaos Master®, posting from Brazil.
"Two of the most famous products of Berkeley are LSD and Unix. I don't think
that this is a coincidence." -- Anonymous
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not" - Kurt Cobain

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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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haha funny sorry i meant lighting control
well im trying to control a normal light bulb 100 watts maybe via a
micrcontroller that will recieve the command from a central station
using zigbee i thought i could use one of the general i/o ports of the
mcu
but im not sure what else i would be missing to control the triac
do you guys have any suggestions? thanks in advance!

If you don't already know how to drive a triac gate from a uC pin,
you'd probably be better off with solid state relays. Just input
a DC voltage and they control the line. And they're already
isolated.

Good Luck!
Rich
 
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Bob Masta

Jan 1, 1970
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If you don't already know how to drive a triac gate from a uC pin,
you'd probably be better off with solid state relays. Just input
a DC voltage and they control the line. And they're already
isolated.

You might want to look into triac driver chips like the MOC3061.
These take logic-level inputs and provide isolated drive to a
triac. They do all the zero-crossing detection stuff for you.

Best regards,


Bob Masta
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