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Can a cement resistor go open when warm?

By patrickvc

6 years ago


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#12 6 years ago

another vote for yes. ive seen it first hand on a gottlieb playfield resistor that was dropping the coil voltage to run a lamp.
The smoke alarm in the led made it very clear it wasnt happy with 28v when the resistor shorted as it got warm

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