You can get 1% 1/4watt resistors from Mouser.com quite cheap, and if you
intend to do a lot of building it pays to buy 200 quantity for $4.00
US. That is 2 cents apiece. Are your 0,6w resistors cheaper than that?
If those are 10% tolerance I would stay away. You want at least a 5%
tolerance resistor. And for some things you do need a 1% tolerance. I
only use the 1% tolerance from Mouser, because they are so cheap. Now
that I have built up my resistor stock I hardly ever have to order more
resistors for new projects.
Richard Brewster
http://www.pugix.com
Rune Sagevik wrote:
intend to do a lot of building it pays to buy 200 quantity for $4.00
US. That is 2 cents apiece. Are your 0,6w resistors cheaper than that?
If those are 10% tolerance I would stay away. You want at least a 5%
tolerance resistor. And for some things you do need a 1% tolerance. I
only use the 1% tolerance from Mouser, because they are so cheap. Now
that I have built up my resistor stock I hardly ever have to order more
resistors for new projects.
Richard Brewster
http://www.pugix.com
Rune Sagevik wrote:
> Ah, I see.
> Thanks, you`ve just made things clearer for me :) I would probably
> have found the nswer to this by searching the internet, but here the
> answers are usually swift and correct. ..and with me being a bit
> lazy.. this was the preferred option :)
>
> Yes, these resistors are of the exact same size as the 1/4w type..
> so this would mean that I can continue to order cheap 0,6w resistors
> for my future projects..
> Great news :)
>
> thanks a lot.
> Rune
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>> Power consumption is not the issue. A different wattage rating
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> indicates the
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>> maximim power a resistor can dissipate without damaging itself, so
>> technically, as long as a resistor is dissipating less power than
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> it is
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>> rated to dissipate, it can be used. The second issue is physical
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> size.
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>> Usually, higher wattage rated resistors a bigger, and simply won't
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> fit. I do
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>> believe the resistors to which you refer are exactly the same size
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> as the
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>> usual 1/4w resitors. If such is the case, they can be used with
>>
> confidence.
>
>> Ken
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