03-23-2017, 05:14 PM
1W was just a popular size: many of them dissipate very little.
Where the extra size is useful is that the span between connections is long sometimes and a smaller resistor simply cannot reach point to point.
Where the extra size is useful is that the span between connections is long sometimes and a smaller resistor simply cannot reach point to point.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.