Re: MY Power Supply Has Me Confused - can't control Current
hey sean, another question for you. I'm starting to get my arms around this electrical stuff a little bit but wasn't able to find an answer to this question anywhere else.
I have two .5ohm, 50 watt resistors and two 1ohm, 50 watt resistors. My goal is to hook my wiring up up and leave it, not put it in and take it out each time so I use the same setup regardless of my amps. If I put the two 0.5ohm resistors in series, I will see 1ohm resistance from them both. Question is, will they share the power (watts) between them so I can handle 100 watts or is my handling still 50 watts? How about if I put the two 1ohm resistors in paralell. I should see .5 ohms so my 10amp max would be 5 volts (though I realize my part being plated will have some additional resistance and my volts will likely be even less). But based on the known values here, a max of 50 watts. The question again is, do they share the wattage between the two?
Not sure if that makes sense.
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