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paulsherwin · 4th Dec 2019, 3:31 pm

If the resistor is overheating it will start to smoke and smell. It's normal for power resistors to be too hot to touch. They are dumping energy as heat.

4th Dec 2019, 3:31 pm	#5
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,960	Re: Grundig 7070W hot resistor. If the resistor is overheating it will start to smoke and smell. It's normal for power resistors to be too hot to touch. They are dumping energy as heat.