| .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28221] |
Mon, 17 May 2021 14:00  |
DocWaxham
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What is the general answer. Also carbon film versus metal film. From what I have read the metal film is more quiet and has tighter tolerances. Thanks
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28222 is a reply to message #28221] |
Mon, 17 May 2021 19:09  |
stevem
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Metal film is the best for noise and also will not get noisy from moisture inclusion over time from heating and cooling.
They can also be had in very tight tolerance ranges.
With whatever resistor you are replacing if you go up 1/2 to 1 watt larger in size, that will make for even less noise and less resistance drift if or when they get hot.
Commonly used 5 watt Emitter resistors I like to increase up to 7 watt.
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28610 is a reply to message #28222] |
Thu, 02 June 2022 17:43 |
DeadKoby
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I only stock metal film resistors. They just hold up better. Tolerance is better, and they are more resistant to drifting with heat.
All your electrons are belong to us.
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28941 is a reply to message #28221] |
Thu, 23 February 2023 17:55 |
rodak
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Reviving a really old thread here. Looking at metal-film resistors, I really don't want to make up a list of values and put in a big order at Mouser, I'd rather just have a large assortment handy for future projects. Is something like this a good deal?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/314400153604
I realize it may not have all the values I might need, but it would probably knock out a bunch of them, correct?
www.combo-organ.com
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28948 is a reply to message #28221] |
Fri, 24 February 2023 12:49 |
chicagobill
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Years ago, I bought a small metal drawer that was sold by IRC or Ohmite, that contained an assortment of 1/2 watt carbon comp resistors. Fewer resistors than the kits that you linked to, but seemed like a good value at the time.
That metal cabinet still sits in my basement by my work bench, still 3/4 full of the resistor values that I never had a call for.
The deals that you show are cheap enough, but I will bet that you will never use most of those values in your lifetime.
Just my $0.02
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28950 is a reply to message #28221] |
Fri, 24 February 2023 16:20 |
rodak
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I'm putting together a list of all the different resistor values in a K200-B2. Thinking of doing the "replace all resistors" in the preamp boards, I figure, buying them from Mouser at 25-50cents each, I wouldn't have to buy too many to exceed the cost of that assortment.
Also, I see in the PC105 schematic, there are two 1% resistors - 45.7 ohms and 49.9K. If I used a 47K 1% and 47ohm 1% resistor (standard values), would I really need to get those specific values in a 1% resistor? I'm guessing they specified 1% because all the others were 10%.
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28952 is a reply to message #28221] |
Fri, 24 February 2023 20:19 |
rodak
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Did the parts spreadsheet and the math:
21 resistors in a PC105 board. Cheapest 1/2W 1% metal film resistors at Mouser are 22cents each, so to replace all of them in two preamp boards would cost $9.24 plus shipping.
Assortment kit at Amazon has all the values I'd need, 40 of each, for $14 (free shipping if I make it part of a $25 order).
I think I'll get that assortment from Amazon. It should easily pay for itself over time. Most of the resistors in my collection are carbon composition, 5%-20%, left over from the 70s. I think I'll just pitch all of them and start fresh, at least for the 25 common values included in the kit.
www.combo-organ.com
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28956 is a reply to message #28953] |
Sat, 25 February 2023 09:38 |
rodak
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Thanks, Steve. I struggle with this - I understand that the shotgun approach to replacing components is usually overkill. I can follow some circuitry, and understand the concept of audio signal flow(and the idea that upstream component replacement can have a much greater effect), but it's not always easy for me to determine if a given component will affect the sound just by looking at the schematic. I have a wonderful Hakko desoldering gun that makes extremely quick work of removing components, and given the cost of most of them, the work involved to replace all of them is arguably less than that of trying to determine a) if a given component actually needs to be replaced or b) if replacing it is likely to result in an improvement. Not to mention, replacing everything now, with new, modern components, is likely to result in a massively extended life for the amp as a whole, something I would hope my grandchildren would thank me for.
I should probably just start a separate thread for this, but while we're on the subject: what sort of non-electrolytic caps should be used in these boards. I've got plenty of electrolytics, but it's the others I'd need to get. What type of non-electrolytic caps should I look for?
www.combo-organ.com
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| Re: .5 watt or 1watt resistors [message #28957 is a reply to message #28221] |
Sat, 25 February 2023 11:51 |
chicagobill
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A couple of things to note here. Back when these amps were designed and built, 5% and 10% carbon comp resistors were the standard of the industry. The engineers at Kustom picked the resistors in the preamp that they thought would help reduce the noise and made them metal film resistors. At that time the only metal film resistors available were 1%. If they were available at 5% or 10% tolerances, they probably would have used them.
The same thinking was used when specifying capacitors. Tantalum caps were seen as the best, highest quality, longest lasting cap available at the time. They have proven to be good, but not perfect in the long run. If you want to replace them, you can choose to use tantalums or any high quality electrolytic cap at the correct ratings.
Part of the selling feature of these amps at the time, was that they were high tech, NASA quality builds.
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