[Mr.T]

"Peter Larsen" wrote in message
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You missed my point with a margen of 2 3/4 furlong: my point is that the
resistor powerhandling is chosen so as to make the resistor protect the
loudspeaker unit(s) that get their signal through it.

Nope, that's what poly-switches, or even fuses are for.

MrT.