21 Feb
2011
21 Feb
'11
9:22 a.m.
On 21 Feb 2011 at 10:50, Christian Corti wrote:
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I don't think so--the paint flaking is in several spots--and there's
a fuse in series with the gizmo, in any case. Right now, I'm
inclined to chalk it up to a manufacturing defect.
--Chuck
I'm going to strip the paint off the body of
the resistor and see if
I can find what the failure mode is. It's very odd--I'm not used to
seeing resistors that overrated failing.
Is that perhaps a so-called fusable resistor? They're intended to go
open (with the paint coming off of a small spot) instead of catching
fire.