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Re: resistors
Original poster: "Bunnykiller by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>" <bunikllr@bellsouth.net>
Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "Rodney Goolsby by way of Terry Fritz
><teslalist@qwest.net>" <jeronimo@bright.net>
>
>Is it ok to use two 10 watt 800 ohm wire wound resistors in parallel
>instead of a single 20 watt 800 ohm resistor in an r/f filter circuit? If
>so this is about 50% cheaper.
>
>
you will need 4 resistors to achieve 800ohms @ 20W
when you paralell resistors of equal value, the resistance is reduced by
half...
Scot D