This document discusses several industrial control circuits that use thyristors like TRIACs, DIACs, and SCRs. It describes how TRIACs can be used to control the speed of a fan or dim lights by varying the resistance and thus the firing time of the thyristor. Battery chargers and emergency lighting systems that use SCRs are also summarized. Temperature controllers, electronic timers, low power DC flashers, and uninterrupted power supplies are briefly explained in terms of thyristor operation.
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