>>>Did you take into account the fact that resistor dissipation goes down
>>>with increasing temperature?
>>>
>>? This is clearly not the case. Resistor dissipation is a function of
>>resistance and current squared.
>
>Bull, Rich. Pure Bull!
>
>I sell resistors for a living. High power resistors at that. RESISTOR
>DISSIPATION DROPS AS TEMPERATURE INCREASES!!! That is a fact.
? So if a resistor is say dissipating ten watts and the temp. increases,
the dissipation will be less than ten watts?.
>.........
Rich...
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