[Amps] Carbon resistor value change direction

[Ron Youvan]

> I have measured literally hundreds of carbon comps used in parasitic 
> suppressors and as hV multipliers and have yet to see one go down in value.

   In this application the carbon composition resistors are not cooked adequately to 
render the phenolic material into carbon, shunting the original carbon rod.
   It seem obvious that resistor's phenolic tube can and do become carbonized 
occasionally, but not often in this application.
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