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High voltage motor control circuit

  • US 4,463,304 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1982
  • Issued: 07/31/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A single-phase electric motor connectable to AC power supply lines having a line voltage thereon, comprising a main winding and a start winding connected in parallel and said parallel connection being adapted to be connected to the power supply lines, two substantially identical triacs each of which includes a gate, a first power terminal and a second power terminal, each triac being triggered to conduction by trigger current flow between said gate and said first power terminal, said first and second power terminals of said two triacs being connected in series with said start winding, and said second power terminals of said two triacs being connected together, the inductance of said start winding being at least as great as the line voltage times the turn-on time of said triacs divided by the maximum allowable trigger current of said triacs, a reed switch including normally open contacts and a coil, said gates being connected to opposite sides of said contacts and said triacs being triggered to conduction when said contacts are closed and trigger current flows in a series circuit including said start winding, said first power terminals, said gates and said closed contacts, and said coil being adapted to be connected to one of said supply lines and operating to open and close said contacts.

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