At 08:23 AM 10/3/2001 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:
> > Thinking back a number of years, I had exactly the same experience
> > with the equalizers in my Viewstar amp. Two of them were open, with
> > absolutely no visual evidence that anything was wrong.
>
>While I have no idea specifically about the resistor used in that
>case, when looking at the parts inherited from other "XXXXstar"
>bankruptcy purchases many were surplus.
These were all new parts when built Tom. Ohmite Brown Devils are still
made. They're hollow core, wire-wound, glazed enamel. Physically, nice
well made looking resistors. But that didn't seem to prevent the phenomenon
of wire wounds opening-up for no apparent reason.
Phil
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