These are made-by and are available from Kanthal-Globar.
http://www.globar.com/welcome.html
The resistor is actually a 500 watt unit as I recall. The 1500W rating of
the project comes from the fact that the resistor is submerged in oil.
Phil
At 05:11 PM 12/31/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>All:
>
>I found a dummy load construction project in the '92 ARRL Handbook. It
>calls for a "Carborundum Resistor, P/N 889SP500k". It appears to be a
>longish rod, that you place in an oil bath for heat dissipation, up to
>1500W. Does anyone know where one would get one of these parts?
>
>Mark Fancher
>mmfancher@earthlink.net
>
>
>
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