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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 07:18 AM
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Resistor total value in parallel is a bit more complicated to work out than series, where it's all just added together to find the total.
To find the resistance of parallel resistors it is Rt= R1XR2XR3/R1+R2+R3.
To do it this way would be a over complicated way, you could instead use a 10W wire wound resistor of say 47ohm, which is a VERY common value, in practice there won't be a problem between 48ohm and 47ohm, a 10W wire wound will carry roughly 3/4 amps, is this enough ?
If not these can be bunched if needed ?
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