Re: Higher wattage for a resistor ever bad?

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08-17-2011, 06:31 AM

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:11:18 -0700 (PDT), "larry moe 'n curly"
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>When I come across a burnt resistor, I usually replace it with one
>rated for twice the wattage as the original, but I was told it's
>sometimes bad to do that. Why? I'm not referring to fuse resistors
>but ordinary carbon composition resistors.

A larger resistor may have different stray inductances and
capacitances, which might affect some RF circuits.

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