[SOC] Looking to build a Dummy (Load)

[Tom McCulloch]

Carlos thanks...good point about needing only 40 watts to handle the 100 
watt load for a short time.

I think in parallel you divide and in series you add, though.

Thanks again

One guy pointed me one 50 ohm resistor at 100watts1  It only cost $9.50 at 
Mouser, I think I;ll go that way.

Tom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carlos J Caro" <ccaro3 at juno.com>
To: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Looking to build a Dummy (Load)


>
>> 1) I guess I can figure out the value of 20 resistors I'd need to
>> get a 50
>> ohm result (well, maybe I can't.)  But what wattage should I use to
>> handle
>> 100 watts?  Am I going in parallel (yea, parallel, right? otherwise
>> I'd need
>> 100 watt resistors???, right?)  OK, so does that mean I'd need 20
>> five watt
>> resistors in parallel?
>>
> Tom,
>
> All your resistors will be in parallel so 50 ohms times 20 resistors
> equal
> 1000 ohms. If each resistor is 2 watts the load 1will be a 40 watt that
> can handle the 100 watts for a short time.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos K4REI
>
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