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Old 06-16-2018, 01:45 PM
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With resistors in older gear I tend to go double the wattage since a 1/2 watt resistor nowadays is about half the physical size of the original 1/2 watt. Metal film resistors seem fine. I know some have concerns about breakdown with high voltages but I've not had any failures (yet).
I'm changing them out one by one with metal films. I never realized how tedious it is to change resistors and maintain original lead dress... There's just so many of them! Very few are within tolerance, the good ones are 10% off, but some are double in value and even worse.
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