On Wednesday, October 13, 1999 10:20 AM, measures
[SMTP:measures@vcnet.com] wrote:
> >
> >Hello all...have an old alpha 374 the resister across the step down
> >relay, a 10 ohm 13 watt wire would burned up....question...can I
replace
> >this with a 10 ohm 20 watt, what I have available or should I replace
it
> >with an exact same wattage??? thanks all Tim WB8OWX
> >
> I have seen ww resistors of the same physical size rated from 10w to
13w.
Your point?
> A 10w, 10-ohm resistor should probably work ok in this application.
That's not what he asked.
A 20W, if it fits physically, will be OK.
> However, there is a chance that the resistor was not defective in the
> first place, and there is a circuit fault which caused the failure.
>
True enough, but since a 10W "should probably" maybe it "might not".
73
Mike
N2MG
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