[sdiy] Can I use two 1/4w resistors instead of one 1/2w ?

[Needham, Alan]

This 'resistor' is getting hot because something else is drawing too
much power (or the design pushes the 1/2W resistor to its limits ???).
Maybe some semiconductor is shutting down due to it also overheating?
Maybe there is a regulator doing exactly as it should and going into
thermal overload due to some fault further into the circuit.

Any chance of the circuit diagram instead of guessing what this resistor
is feeding?
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gil W. [mailto:gil_we at yahoo.com] 
Sent: 23 June 2009 10:31
To: Magnus Danielson; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl; Needham, Alan
Subject: RE: [sdiy] Can I use two 1/4w resistors instead of one 1/2w ?


They get hot, but do not fry...

The system freeze happens about 10 minuted after I power it up. The
system works perfectly before it freezes.

What to check for ? bad regulators maybe ?

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