>>>? This is clearly not the case. Resistor dissipation is a function of
>>>resistance and current squared.
>>
>>The context that Jon intended is:
>>
>>'Did you take into account the fact that the manufacturers' rated
>>dissipation for a resistor decreases as the ambient temperature increases?'
>>
>? Your statement looks correct to me, Peter.
>
>>Thus, his statement is correct.
>>
>? adj. history
It's yet another case of Rich splitting hairs to try to make others look bad.
I guess I gotta be exactly 100% precise in anything I say otherwise, Rich will
parse it and disect it and split every last hair to try to prove his point.
Oh well.......
73,
Jon
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