1 Watt Resistors?!?

[joelorigo]

Either I or Tayda screwed up and I now have 10 1 watt 470k resistors instead of 1/4 watt.

They are obviously much bigger. Assuming I might have a project that these will actually fit into, is there any problem with using them in place of a 1/4 watt resistor?

I'll bet it was me that screwed up, btw

 

[jimilee]

Either I or Tayda screwed up and I now have 10 1 watt 470k resistors instead of 1/4 watt.

They are obviously much bigger. Assuming I might have a project that these will actually fit into, is there any problem with using them in place of a 1/4 watt resistor?

I'll bet it was me that screwed up, btw

Happened to all of us more than once. Other than them being comically large, the only difference I’ve heard about is they may be a little noisy. I have my doubts.

 

[Hal Harvey]

Everything else the same ... higher wattage rating should be less noisy.

Aiken has a good write up here:

Resistor Types - Does It Matter?

Guitar amplifiers

www.aikenamps.com

 

[Feral Feline]

I'd buy some more 1w in other values, after choosing a circuit to build something Point-To-Point, on Tagboard, or on Turretboard — the extra thick leads are great for building P2P.

 

[NickKUK]

 

[LukeFRC]

I've done that ... and then you know that you'll be short one resistor for a build where you've only got the 1W values... Order more and pay postage again - or just shove a massive slug of a resistor on...

 

[Stickman393]

Who gets just ten resistors from Tayda?

 

[joelorigo]

I'd buy some more 1w in other values, after choosing a circuit to build something Point-To-Point, on Tagboard, or on Turretboard — the extra thick leads are great for building P2P.

That sounds interesting. I know nothing about doing that so it would be a new challenge. A Fuzz Face would be a good one to start with on PTP?

 

[joelorigo]

Who gets just ten resistors from Tayda?

Yep, I just ordered 10 resistors from Thailand. No silly, there was 8 or 10 different values and other parts for 5 pedals in my "to build" stack of PCBs

 

[Stickman393]

Aite, sorry. My bad. I gotta rephrase that.

WHO only orders ten resistors from an E3 series value in an order from Tayda?

 

[joelorigo]

Me!

 

[Stickman393]

Fair 'nuff.

 

[sticky1138]

Just wait until you accidentally order 630V film caps

 

[joelorigo]

I did do something like that once!

 

[jimilee]

Just wait until you accidentally order 630V film caps

Yessir, I have some of those too.

 

[jimilee]

I'd buy some more 1w in other values, after choosing a circuit to build something Point-To-Point, on Tagboard, or on Turretboard — the extra thick leads are great for building P2P.

I used mine to mod an amp. glad I had them on hand. Now, these huge film caps….

 

[CheapSuitG]

Just wait until you accidently order a 470k Charlie Watts.... .

THAT is embarrassing!

 

[Feral Feline]

630V Caps... been there done that, HAVE THE SUBSEQUENT AMP-BUILD TO PROVE IT!

 

[joelorigo]

Haha. I just realized that 4 of the 5 pedals I am about to start on require the giant 470k resistors I now have. I guess they could float above the board a bit to fit.

 

[swelchy]

Ahhh... Late night Tayda orders.. Been there done that.. Have a few hundred giant caps to prove it.