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Re: Resistors in parallel

From	DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.basics
Subject	Re: Resistors in parallel
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Date	2023-07-25 15:18 -0400
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Same resistors in parallel divide... for 4 watts out of 0.5 watters you
need eight resistors, so 8x the value: 8 * 15k = 120K

(because 8 120k resistors in parallel, divide by 8, is 15k)

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Resistors in parallel Dan Green <dhg99908@hotmail.se> - 2023-07-25 19:59 +0100
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    Re: Resistors in parallel Dan Green <dhg99908@hotmail.se> - 2023-07-25 20:50 +0100
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