[chbot] Triac snubber

[Volker Kuhlmann]

On Mon 21 Jan 2013 10:00:43 NZDT +1300, Kerry Harpur wrote:

> So you are using a TRIAC as a power switch to enable or disable mains to
> the input of an SMPSU -- so this could just as easily be a relay

In case you find relays lacking in sex-appeal (losses may be a bit high
in the coil too), the smps can probably be supplied with semi-dc, in
which case you can solve all your troubles by using a bridge rectifier
and transistor to switch your smps on and off with.

Volker

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