Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!shamash!timbuk!sequoia!snowden From: snowden@sequoia.cray.com (Jim Snowden) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: What is a triac Message-ID: <030631.27808@timbuk.cray.com> Date: 10 Jun 91 11:07:05 GMT Article-I.D.: timbuk.030631.27808 References: <035305.13208@timbuk.cray.com> <950@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> <1991Jun9.232043.24284@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> Organization: Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN Lines: 6 Thanks for all the good advice on triacs and using 110V equipment in the UK (240V). In the end, I just bought a 110/240V autotransformer and the CD-ROM unit works fine. --Jim Snowden