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Re: OL-DRSSTC 7 - It's Alive!
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- Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:17:09 -0600
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Original poster: "Mike Knowlton" <amdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> It does take a primary voltage over about 200V to get the coil to
> trigger. It would be nice if that were lower so it could run under
> power control with a variac... I was also using a 100 ohm resistor
> "tapped" across the bridge output to give extra kick for manual
> firing. Interesting since that opens up some possibilities for
> 120BPS and other very simple BPS controls.
>
Hi Terry,
Isn't it possible to run the trigger circuit directly from 120vac and
connect the power supply to the variac?
If it is not, please explain why to help me understand what is going
on with your circuit.
Mike K.