Switching mains with a Raspberry [PHOTO]

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I am designing an interface for Raspberry to switch AC voltages from 24V AC up to 220V AC.

Simple ON/OFF, nothing fancy.

Current will not exceed 0.5A.

MOC3063 is used to drive a BT134 like below:

https://i.imgur.com/j2feM8Zl.png

https://imgur.com/j2feM8Z

Would that work? I plan on not using any heatsink.

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