Soul-tez
Newly Enlightened
Has anyone ever built either of these light dimmers http://control.gsnu.ac.kr/~f007dan/cicuit/page6.htm#dimmer.gif or http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/devices/555-light-dimmer.htm ? I've made them both from parts available from my local Radio Shack. Neither of them dim a 20W halogen bulb. They seem to run at full intensity no matter where the pot is. I know that without seeing my PCB layout it will be hard to tell what I did wrong. Any advice on component selection would be a great help as I suspect that I'm using the wrong type of capacitors. I'm trying to extend the run time of a bike light and I like the infinite adjustability of the pot. In the meantime I'll try to find a way to get my PCB layouts up.
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