[sdiy] resistor wattages

[John L Marshall]

creekree,

The resistors will work just fine.

If the 2 watt resistors are the old carbon composition type they may be 
sought after for other DIY applications such as RF loads.

Take care,
John

www.sound-photo.com
47-30-39.02 N, 122-09-51.75 W, elev 440'
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <creekree at gmx.de>
To: "sdiy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:04 AM
Subject: [sdiy] resistor wattages


> hi all!
>
> i recently was given a huge  amount (about 2000 or so) of resistors for 
> free, all packed in neat little plastic bags, sorted by resistance - i 
> just have to take the ones that schematics call for. and thats nice 
> indeed, BUT:
> these are the rather huge 2 watt type.
> my question: is it possible to use them instead of the common 0.5 watt 
> types? (lets forget about their size for the moment)
> i am not really familiar with electronics (just able to reproduce, not 
> invent nor calculate anything really) and i guess that there is indeed a 
> difference between those wattages, but how important (or unimportant) is 
> it?
> if, for instance, i were to build a distortion stomp box and used these 
> resistors, would it work? would it sound very different? or is there no 
> difference at all? (and no... i am not building a stomp box atm)
>
> bleep, creekree