Light dimmer

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Move the potential resistor(lower%-dimmer, higher %-brighter), a triac has no voltage drop to reduce the flow, instead it cuts off parts of the AC waves to reduce the light. The AC wave cut-offs are blended by the 60Hz to make it look dim. 

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