RE: Wire-wound resistors as dummy test load

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>

A wise guy wrote:
> the reason wirewound resistors aren't used in pulse-type
> applications etc... because they are so inductive.

I dare say Matt realises that :)  He's asking why the
variation in inductance.  They're all the same type, so why
a factor of two variation in the L?  

> Your inductance values seem normal for what you have.

If such variation is normal, what is altering by a factor of
two from one component to the next?


>>>>>>>>>>My guess is that the meter he is using to measure this is getting
confused by the large amount of series
resistance.  I'd use a better meter.

Also, for his application (steady-state) load, i wouldn't worry about the
inductance.

Dan










Paul Nicholson
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