X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.204] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2306827 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:21:08 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.204; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.cd0.17f97530 (48624) for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 09:20:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 09:20:17 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Which type resistors for the EC2. Trouble narrowed down. To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1188739217" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5374 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1188739217 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/2/2007 1:18:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cbeazley@innovista.net writes: The wire wound are about half the price, but that matters not. I just want to keep the magic smoke inside the box and the propeller going round and round. Suggestions? -- David Leonard The first job you get as a tech in Bell Labs was inspecting the wire wound resisters lines. Using a form of thin Nickel chromium wire as a resister gives you a predictable outcome based on the length of the wire used. Wire ends are spot welded to the terminals. Spreads heated area out a bit for better cooling. Will be bigger than some forms of resistor. Can be mounted away from heat sensitive components. Not very sensitive to momentary over voltage episodes. Some designs can be held to the center of a spec at little cost. Let a little air get to them and they are reliable as a stone. Lynn E. Hanover Western Electric Badge 8150 ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -------------------------------1188739217 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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