For some reason my triac is getting very hot to the touch(Data sheet states 257 degree F max Temp). I have a heat sink attached to the triac. The line voltage input is 124VAC, the load voltage reads 112.5VAC. I have a 10K resistor from MT2 to the gate, and from the gate to neutral is a .1uF 250V. The triac switches on and off perfectly, but too hot. I noticed the load V was 12V lower than the line V, so I tried lowering the resistor value from 10K(which was to allow around 12mA to the gate) to 4.7K which allowed 25 mA to the gate. As a result the load V went up to 116.5V, but the Triac seemed hotter. Gate voltage under a 7 amp resistive load was .94VAC, under the 1.2-1.3V as the data sheet states for all 4 quadrants. Any ideas? Below is the link to the data sheet.
http://www.digchip.com/datasheets/d...224188507244&part-number=BTA08-400C&num_h=168
http://www.digchip.com/datasheets/d...224188507244&part-number=BTA08-400C&num_h=168