SCR Motor Speed Control made from salvaged parts

[pfredX1]

If you want to buy parts there has never been a better time for that than now. Today we have the Internet. So you can get parts shipped right to your door cheap. Mostly I buy direct from China. There's some waiting involved with that but the prices can't be beat. I'm patient. Right now I could get 10 more of the triacs I used in the dimmers I made for $1.64. They're probably counterfeit but they still work just fine. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10PC...844754301.html

[trigger]

Problem with the cheap Chinese knockoffs they tend to fail.I order a lot off MOSFETs and similar components for inverter charger repair jobs and then have returns due to component failure,not a happy experience when sailing way off grid.When taking a job I now cost Chinese/original with risks, advantages .Latest 20N60 batch received where second hand with new legs soldered on,the ingenious skullduggery will never cease to amaze me.