What do you meant by soft start?



What do you meant by soft start?..

Answer / meenakshi

many d.evices takes a large amount of current during
turning on condition(inrush current) which is an
undesirable one and may affect the performance of other
devices connected to the supply.so components vil b addedin
series to counteract this problem.Soft start is an
electronics term describing any circuit which reduces
excess current during initial power-up.

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