MELODY's BT-136 600D PN 0506B2 TRIAC Electronic Components Electronic Hobby Kit

A simple application circuit of TRIAC is shown. Generally, TRIAC has three terminals M1, M2 and gate. A TRIAC, lamp load and a supply voltage are connected in series. TRIACs are used in numerous applications such as light dimmers, speed controls for electric fans and other electric motors and in the modern computerized control circuits of numerous household small and major appliances. They can be used both into AC and DC circuits however the original design was to replace the utilization of two SCRs in AC circuits