Not to worry Dan, they are intended to get hot since they are meant to disparate 100 Watts. That is why the ceramic form construction.
Allen Bishop - 49 years working in electronics
Colorado Springs
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> On Oct 1, 2018, at 10:28 PM, Daniel Kunkel <dankunkel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I notice those resistors are getting pretty warm with not a lot of run
> time. I'd like to slap some heat sinks on them but I'm concerned about
> arcing. I've also attempted to cool them down between runs using compressed
> air, but that ceramic really hold the heat. I'm not necessarily concerned
> about overheating/damage, but more about increasing DC resistance over the
> 1k ohm.
>
> Is there a better way to beat the heat?
>
> ~Dan
> Kansas City area
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