[sdiy] resistor sizes?

[Stephen Begin]

The small ones you have are probably 1/4 watt resistors, the bigger ones
(1/2 watt, 1 watt) can dissipate more power.  You could use a large resistor
in place of a small resistor of the same value.  I've never seen anything
bigger than a 1/4 watt resistor being used in a synth circuit, but so far as
I know it shouldn't hurt.
If you have an old pile of resistors, you should make sure they are at least
5% resistors. :)
-Steve


----- Original Message -----
From: <Ordeish at aol.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:41 PM
Subject: [sdiy] resistor sizes?


> Hi all, I have a newb question for you. I just got in the mail a wonderful
board from Ken Stone. Very excited about making it. Anyway, When looking
through resistors that I have lying around I found that some are larger, and
others are smaller. Tey may be the same value, but just bigger in size. It
looks like the smaller size is the one to use on the Gated Comparator board.
What is the difference in size?
>
> thanks
>
> edward
>