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Method for power limiting

Phase-fired control (PFC), also called phase cutting or phase-angle control, is a method for power limiting, applied to AC voltages. It works by modulating a thyristor, SCR, triac, thyratron, or other such gated diode-like devices into and out of conduction at a predetermined phase angle of the applied waveform. Wikipedia →

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Women Who Run with the WolvesClarissa Pinkola Estés · 1982
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