Re: resistors

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Original poster: "Bunnykiller by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Rodney Goolsby by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jeronimo-at-bright-dot-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 -at- 20W

when you paralell resistors of equal value, the resistance is reduced by 
half...

Scot D