Re: ATM Aluminizing: 1000 Watt dimmer circuit link

[hermit <hermit@outofoptions.com>]

There are free programs out there for laying out circuit boards that will print
out scale masks.  I did that Don Clement's dew heater.

http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Clement/newdewheater/

Ken


Quoting Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@canit.se>:

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> OK, James and others. I have posted the rudimentary stuff for my
> present dimmer circuit. It is enough to build you own, but at
> 120 VAC you will want to change a few things. But the PCB layout
> should probably be usable without modification. If you use this,
> the heat sink is REQUIRED, not optional. Use a fast fuse or the
> triac will burn before the fuse.
>
> http://www.megspace.com/science/stp/alum/dimmer/dimmer.html
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> I will modify this in coming days, but in its present form, it
> works with light bulbs, etc. The chokes can get expensive as
> can the higher quality caps. You can find these in old power supplies,
> etc located on the PCB just next to the adapter for the power cord.
> Sorry I did not have time to work on the schematic. You can get
> general idea from the PCB layout (you're quite sharp)...
>
> Dominic-Luc Webb
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