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Resistors in parallel

Started byDan Green <dhg99908@hotmail.se>
First post2023-07-25 19:59 +0100
Last post2023-07-26 13:59 -0400
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  Resistors in parallel Dan Green <dhg99908@hotmail.se> - 2023-07-25 19:59 +0100
    Re: Resistors in parallel DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> - 2023-07-25 15:18 -0400
      Re: Resistors in parallel Dan Green <dhg99908@hotmail.se> - 2023-07-25 20:50 +0100
        Re: Resistors in parallel Ralph Mowery <rmowery42@charter.net> - 2023-07-26 13:59 -0400

#54758 — Resistors in parallel

FromDan Green <dhg99908@hotmail.se>
Date2023-07-25 19:59 +0100
SubjectResistors in parallel
Message-ID<tl60cil8nccbbg0fm7n5q4upu17a1kmmfr@4ax.com>
Hi guys,

I need to make up a 15k 4 Watt resistor from a selection of half Watt
resistors in parallel. But the math is a bit complex for me. Any ideas
how I could do this please? I'm relatively new to electronics. I have
a ton of half watters to use so any values you come up with I shou,d
have

TIA

Dan

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#54759

FromDJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
Date2023-07-25 15:18 -0400
Message-ID<xn8rb34x67.fsf@delorie.com>
In reply to#54758
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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#54760

FromDan Green <dhg99908@hotmail.se>
Date2023-07-25 20:50 +0100
Message-ID<8s90ci1ghb40pef22nofi1s7ddgbdg86u8@4ax.com>
In reply to#54759
On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:18:40 -0400, DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> wrote:

>
>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)

Superb! Many htankss!

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#54763

FromRalph Mowery <rmowery42@charter.net>
Date2023-07-26 13:59 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.3f2b29279212bfba989e1c@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#54760
In article <8s90ci1ghb40pef22nofi1s7ddgbdg86u8@4ax.com>, dhg99908
@hotmail.se says...
> 
> >
> >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)
> 
> Superb! Many htankss!
> 
> 

Same resistors in series or parallel is just the simple multiplyer or 
devidisin.

Same with capacitors except the mul and devide is reversed.

It only falls into that long drawn out formular of the recipical of the 
recipical for more than 2 or the product over the sum for 2 of different 
values.

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