"Dope mcSmoke"
Phil Allison wrote:

** Use two 0.5, 0.6 or 0.75 watt 1% MF types in series.




That'd be like a 1W 2% resistor


** WRONG !!!

Even if *both* resistors were 1% high, the series value is also 1% high.

Using resistors in series or parallel IMPROVES the % accuracy of the final
value.




......... Phil