@Nishant Sorry for this misunderstanding, I don't want to mistrust your 
know how. I think, we both know how this circuit works.
Your sentence "cut the phase at zero crossing" might be misleading for some 
people who read this. I would say "you need to cut the phase after zero 
crossing" and the time between zero crossing and the cut determines the 
power. The longer I wait, the lesser the power.

Am Donnerstag, 9. Januar 2014 13:09:52 UTC+1 schrieb n:
>
> What Not correct ? All I meant is well the whole purpose of ascertaining 
> the zero crossing is to know when to cut the phase. That's it.
> Its different that you need to wait a bit to generate the desired dimming.
> I do that a lot of time with my andRHOME device.
>
> About the amperage
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Nishant
> -------------------
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> On 9 Jan 2014 17:31, "Arthur Marxer" <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
>> "cut the phase at zero crossing" is not quiet correct. I have to detect 
>> the zero crossing, then wait for a certain amount of time and then execute 
>> the trigger pulse. The triac will close the circuit and the "rest" of the 
>> wave will flow through the bulb. The triac will open the circuit again at 
>> the next zero crossing. The amount of "wait time" determines the lightness.
>>
>> Triacs are made for this purpose and 4 amps is not a lot for a triac 
>> (e.g. the BT137 supports 8 amps). I also plan not to use one single 
>> "channel" but 10 channels or more. 
>>
>>
>> 2014/1/9 n <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>>
>>> Arthur,
>>>
>>> For dimming ac you need to cut the phase at zero crossing For that you 
>>> need to use a opto driver like the 4n35 to ascertain the ac voltage wave 
>>> and then drive the triacs through opto triac drivers.
>>> The coding is very easy if one understands the concept basics.
>>>
>>> For dimming 1000watts it would be a whole lot of amperage 1000/230vac 
>>> gives you A bit less than 4 amps
>>>
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