06-07-2026, 12:02 PM
Mike,
This one looks like it actually "burned" burned, not just heated over long time.
Steve,
It is interesting phenomenon. Yes, dogbones, 95% I encounter or so, they increase in value over time, from 20-50% to all the way 100-150%.
But.
There is that place in some sch, where those are used as the immediate bucking resistors/dividers right after the power supply, and they conduct some significant current. Those are often 1W or 2W larger and large dogbones.
Like these in my RCA140: (R5/6/7) at the top of this picture
Or in Philco 60 (and some other Philcos) R19, 22 and 24.
I have always found these dropping in value, unlike the rest of the resistors within the same radio.
This one looks like it actually "burned" burned, not just heated over long time.
Steve,
It is interesting phenomenon. Yes, dogbones, 95% I encounter or so, they increase in value over time, from 20-50% to all the way 100-150%.
But.
There is that place in some sch, where those are used as the immediate bucking resistors/dividers right after the power supply, and they conduct some significant current. Those are often 1W or 2W larger and large dogbones.
Like these in my RCA140: (R5/6/7) at the top of this picture
Or in Philco 60 (and some other Philcos) R19, 22 and 24.
I have always found these dropping in value, unlike the rest of the resistors within the same radio.
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.




