Jack00 wrote:
Theres a resistor I used in the past but I don't know what its
called. It has a red body with no bands on it ie no lines and it
stays cool in high power applications. Does anyone know what it is
called? Thanks

If Dave called it right, it's more brown than red.
It's also visibly hollow.
Anything look familiar?
http://www.google.com/images?q=ohmite+power