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Post by Rickey on Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:47 am

I ordered some resistors from Mouser, and some of the resistors say 1 watt on the package, but they are only half as big. Did I get half watts by mistake? They are metal film.
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Re: Resistor sizes

Post by Bill Cahill on Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:59 am

The new resistors tend to be smaller in size than original old ones.
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Post by jukeboxman on Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:53 pm

I agree I just got a bunch of half watt carbon film and was shocked at how small they were.
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Post by sprman on Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:11 pm

Now days they are much better made even tho they are smaller.Caps are same way.Tho better and smaller i wonder if they get rid of heat beter..Sprman : )

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Re: Resistor sizes

Post by Fred Longworth on Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:43 am

I think the tinier metal films are simply capable of running a lot hotter without degradation.

They also have a really good noise figure. I order from Mouser at least once a week.

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