Found in a 1960s RCA documentation, this circuit applies to most common triacs. The trigger device is a neon lamp and the sensor is an LDR. R is typically 100k and C is 220 nF.
This detector uses an unusual sensor today. The circuit is from an 80s documentation. Its...
This circuit was found in the December 1976 issue of Radio Electronics magazine. The circuit...
For inductive loads we have the configuration shown in the figure. Note that the opto-coupler...