Full wave dimmers exist, they have chopping circuit that is very fast compared 50Hz, (100khz plus) and is then pulse width modulated.
Low pass filters on either side reconstruct the 'pure' sinewave source and load current waveforms.
One day I'm going to make one as a homer, but even for a few hundred watts, its quite big because of the energy storage needed in the filters to tide over the gaps.
Low pass filters on either side reconstruct the 'pure' sinewave source and load current waveforms.
One day I'm going to make one as a homer, but even for a few hundred watts, its quite big because of the energy storage needed in the filters to tide over the gaps.
