On 09/03/2020 22:43, Brian Reay wrote:

Resistors tend to be made from non-combustible materials but they can
€˜cook and get hot enough to cause other things to burn, melt etc.



Wirewound resistor on a ceramic core and with a ceramic coating. In the
past I've seen this type running red like a electric bar fire before
going open circuit. In this case the thermal fuse would blow long before
the resistors reached a temperature where they could cause a problem.

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