AC voltage dimmer with Triacs

tcmtech said:

Let it soak in and do some reading on phase angle power control of inductive loads and ten tell us what you think after that.

BTW when sizing a thyristor-based control system for inductive loads consider the basic rule of sizing the devices at a minimum of 2X the peak voltage and 4X the anticipated amps.

The rest you have to figure out.

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I will thanks, I am quite young (15) so I hope that explains some of my questions that most of you would consider newbie questions (And maybe a bit annoying )

I have these triacs rated 600V and 60 Amps, at least, I think they are, but that should be fine.

For the ball mill I will be looking for a cordless drill motor, they run on 12V dc and I can change the speed with a PWM or the built in mechanic.