On 28 March 2012 20:32, Joachim <sonicwarrior@...> wrote:
high value resistors in a low voltage circuit like synth circuit. If
in doubt, imagine the worst case scenario where the resistor is
connected between the voltage rails. You can do this calculation
easily with Google:
(30 volts)^2/(600 kiloohms)
This ends up being 0.0015 watts, so about 10 times lower than the
rated wattage. Of course, under most circumstances, a resistor in a
circuit will be connected in a way that makes the current much lower
than this theoretical maximum.
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/Ove
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> Hi,As a general rule of thumb, hardly any current will flow through these
>
> as I didn't yet get an answer regarding the ASM-1 mod for the CGS48 I started
> soldering my CGS38 instead. Then I stumbled across the 600K resistors
> (btw. the two 100n 1206SMT are missing in the parts list):
>
> Is 1/8W sufficient for these? Because then I could use Mouser no. 71-RN55D-F-600K for these.
>
> (If I really need 600K for the ASM-1 mod of the CGS48, too, it would be interesting if I could
> you them there also)
high value resistors in a low voltage circuit like synth circuit. If
in doubt, imagine the worst case scenario where the resistor is
connected between the voltage rails. You can do this calculation
easily with Google:
(30 volts)^2/(600 kiloohms)
This ends up being 0.0015 watts, so about 10 times lower than the
rated wattage. Of course, under most circumstances, a resistor in a
circuit will be connected in a way that makes the current much lower
than this theoretical maximum.
--
/Ove
Blog: <http://blog.gg8.se/>
"Here is Evergreen City. Evergreen is the color of green forever."