Abstract: The invention concerns a device for a.c. cut-in limitation of a power-sup unit with inductive reactance. The device has a series-connected first a.c. switch and a phase-angle control circuit by means of which a time lag can be introduced in the connection between the primary winding and the mains a.c. voltage at the point in time that cut-in takes place. The control electrode of the first a.c. switch of the floating phase-angle control circuit is connected to the output of a control circuit by means of which a trigger voltage, which is synchronized with the mains a.c. voltage, is generated, when the power-supply unit is switched in, at a selectable phase angle between 90 and 0 degrees before a zero passage of the main a.c. voltage. The trigger voltage can be suppressed before the zero passage of the mains a.c. voltage is reached in order to switch off the power-supply unit.