Automatic Light Dimmer: Experiment at Home w/ 10 120VAC Bulbs

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The discussion revolves around creating an Automatic Light Dimmer that adjusts the brightness of ten 120VAC light bulbs based on ambient light levels. The user references a circuit from "Home Remote Control & Automation Projects" by Delton Horn, which requires an X9503 digital potentiometer, a component that is unavailable in Venezuela due to trade restrictions. The user seeks alternative schematics for a light dimmer that can function without this specific component.

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  • Basic understanding of electrical circuits
  • Familiarity with 120VAC systems
  • Knowledge of light sensors and their integration into circuits
  • Experience with potentiometers and their applications in dimming
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  • Research alternative components to the X9503 digital potentiometer for light dimming applications
  • Explore light sensor options compatible with 120VAC circuits
  • Investigate DIY light dimmer circuit schematics that do not require proprietary components
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Hey everybody!...i want to do an experiment at my house!, i want to do an Automatic Light Dimmer!...that regulates itself with the ambient light, i want to automatize ten(10) 120VAC light bulbs!...the circuit that i have, i got i from "Home Remote Control & Automation Projects" by Delton Horn but i Cant do it because it uses a X9503 digital potenciometer!...the problem is that here in venezuela they don't sell it!...so does anyone has a Schematic that could pass me??...i haven't been able to find a circuit over internet...thanks a lot!
 
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I know nothing about electronics. Since you have internet, though, have you tried to purchase the required component on-line?
 
I can't buy it over internet cause our MF commie president in venezuela has got the country under a trade Control!...to buy stuff over the internet you got to do a super long Burocratic process that will take me several months...

i have that schematic but miss the component...and over the internet i can't find an Automatic light Dimmer...that varies the light intensity inversly proportional to the ambient light...does anyone has an schematic that could pass me please!...thanks a lot!...
 

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