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The triac is the key to dimming. This dimmer component actually turns on and off very rapidly – 120 times per second. This technology is illustrated below. The longer the light is ON versus OFF (example A) the brighter the light output. By the same logic the longer the light is OFF versus ON (example B) the lower the light output.
