Capacitor values?

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Chuzie,

Can the 10 seconds be increased or reduced? That sounds good to me.

Yes.. you can use a variable resistor (potentiometer) in series with another resistor (for the minimum amount of time desired)

T=R*C (time = resistance x capacitance)

R = Ohms
C = Capacitance is in farads
T = seconds = a time constant... 1st time constant is approximately 63% of the overall capacitor voltage storage..

I can't recall the gate trigger voltage for an SCR but it probably around 2-4Volts...but I'm guessing...you would need to look at a spec sheet.

Hope this helps... it's been 20yrs since I had to recall such stuff..cratchhe: