Hi there,
I'm converting a ATX power supply to a "lab power supply" and found i need to have a dummy load to be able to use it.
I know this can be done using a 10ohm/10W power resistor, but i was wondering, since i don't have that laying around, and don't really want to order parts since i have loads of resistors, can i put smaller resistors in parallel and do the same?
I have different values of resistors laying around, the one i was planning to use is a 10ohm/0.6W resistor. this would come to 16.6 resistors, so rounded 17 resistors.
I'm converting a ATX power supply to a "lab power supply" and found i need to have a dummy load to be able to use it.
I know this can be done using a 10ohm/10W power resistor, but i was wondering, since i don't have that laying around, and don't really want to order parts since i have loads of resistors, can i put smaller resistors in parallel and do the same?
I have different values of resistors laying around, the one i was planning to use is a 10ohm/0.6W resistor. this would come to 16.6 resistors, so rounded 17 resistors.