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"David Nebenzahl"
wrote in message
.com...
A light bulb is better else you may forever have imprinted
on your memory
the smell of a burning resistor.

You're not going to get a burning resistor, Bub.

Do the math. Using Ohm's law, let's say we gots a 100K
resistor. If the
voltage is 120, the current through it is 1.2 mA, and the
power being
dissipated is a little more than 1/8 watt. So use a 1/4 watt
resistor if
you're paranoid. Maybe a 1/2 watt one for up to 240 volt
measurements.


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