On 5/17/2010 1:38 AM Peter Larsen spake thus:
David Nebenzahl wrote:
Why would you make an effort to find a lower rated part unless the
10W ones wont fit?
He thinks they work like fuses.
No David, it failed because it actually acted like a fuse. And it is cheaper
that the resistor in series with the loudspeaker unit should fail and
thereby protect the loudspeaker unit than vice versa.
Except that as Dick Pierce has elegantly explained it, the resistor will
*not* actually protect the speaker; in fact, it's far likelier that
*both* the resistor and one or more drivers will be damaged
simultaneously in the event of excessive power applied to the speaker unit.
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