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From: snowden@sequoia.cray.com (Jim Snowden)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: What is a triac
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Date: 4 Jun 91 11:07:34 GMT
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Reply-To: snowden@sequoia.cray.com (Jim Snowden)
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I'm going to try running a CD-ROM player (US 110V) in the UK and someone told
me I could use a transformer to convert the voltage, but not to use a triac.

Could someone tell me what a triac is and why it wouldn't be suitable?
(I think I have one of these triac convertors from Radio Shack but I 
don't want to use it if it would break the CD-ROM player!).

Thanks for any help,

Jim Snowden, snowden@sequoia.cray.com