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Potential fire from hot resistor?

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05-02-2013, 09:51 PM

That looks like a filament dropping resistor. Those normally run quite hot, but no where near the ignition temperature of wood (or even paper, for that matter). It it were hot enough to even ignite paper, it would tend to melt its own solder connections. Icon_smile

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Potential fire from hot resistor? - by ODPILOT - 05-02-2013, 09:20 PM

RE: Potential fire from hot resistor? - by morzh - 05-02-2013, 09:47 PM

RE: Potential fire from hot resistor? - by BrendaAnnD - 05-02-2013, 09:51 PM

RE: Potential fire from hot resistor? - by morzh - 05-02-2013, 11:38 PM

RE: Potential fire from hot resistor? - by Raleigh - 05-03-2013, 12:58 PM

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