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Offline Night Owl

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Light Bulb instead of 100 ohm 3 W resistor on SS hub
« on: February 14, 2012, »
Was there some discussion about using a light bulb instead of the 100 ohm resistor in the hub?  I tried searching for it, but couldn't find it (try and search for "resistor," "light" or "bulb" on this site  ;D)  I was thinking about building a bench power supply out of an computer power supply and I've seen a ton of recommendation (resistor, automotive bulb, CD drive) and I thought I saw something similar here.  Or maybe I imagined it.
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Offline tbone321

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Re: Light Bulb instead of 100 ohm 3 W resistor on SS hub
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, »
The problem with using a light bulb is that they do burn out and in many cases they fail on startup.  This could throw off the regulation in some supplies and could possibly cause damage. 
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Offline JerryPlak

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Re: Light Bulb instead of 100 ohm 3 W resistor on SS hub
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2012, »
on my board,   I using the NTE Electronics 5W110 100 Ohm - 5W - 5% Resistor as it fit right in place..

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