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Originally Posted by Notimetolooz
Keep in mind that the reason that a resistor burns up could very well because there is a problem elsewhere. You should check the voltage across those resistors as soon as possible. As was said from the resistance value and the voltage across the resistor can be used to calculate the actual power dissipated.
By the way, wirewound resistor do not fail (or drift) very often unless they are dissipate too much power.
Those resistors are more properly called "dropping resistors" because the current through them drops the voltage. The term "bleeder resistors" is used more often across a capacitor to gradually discharge it.
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Yes that did occur to me since that was the only one of the 2 original dropping resistors open and the only side where I kept blowing new wire wound resistors. I will check the input before I put in the new ones.