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To locate the exact part you are looking for, please use our part search utility or, give us call at (310) 378-7715.

You can also email us sales@icplus.net a sales associate will contact you shortly. I.C. Plus, Inc., is located in Torrance, California and is an ISO 9001: 2008 certified (pending) facility.

Triacs

IC Plus, Inc. has been in business over 20 years and is one of the most trusted companies in the industry who stocks Triacs. Located in Torrance, California, IC Plus is ISO 9001:2008 Certified (pending) . Our commitment to adhering to the highest quality and standards has set us apart from other Triac stocking distributors. To locate the exact part you are looking for, please use our part search tool or, give us call at (310) 378-7715. You can also email us at: sales@icplus.net and a sales associate will be more than happy to assist you.

TRIAC, from Triode for Alternating Current, is a genericized tradename for an electronic component which can conduct current in either direction when it is triggered (turned on), and is formally called a bidirectional triode thyristor or bilateral triode thyristor. A TRIAC is approximately equivalent to two complementary unilateral thyristors and with their gates connected together. It can be triggered by either a positive or a negative voltage being applied to its gate electrode (with respect to A1, otherwise known as MT1). Once triggered, the device continues to conduct until the current through it drops below a certain threshold value, the holding current, such as at the end of a half-cycle of alternating current (AC) mains power. This makes the TRIAC a very convenient switch for AC circuits, allowing the control of very large power flows with milliampere-scale control currents.