Replace a wire wound resistor

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dosyl

Joined Sep 27, 2013
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Is it possible to replace a wire wound resistor by a simple resistor in a led driver?
I broke it by my fault.
 

Papabravo

Joined Feb 24, 2006
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Is it possible to replace a wire wound resistor by a simple resistor in a led driver?
I broke it by my fault.
I don't know. What was the purpose of the WW resistor, and why did the original designer use it? A circuit diagram might be helpful.
 

sagor

Joined Mar 10, 2019
903
The one next to the "FR1" on the board? You can probably replace it with a similar wattage resistor, but the hard part is knowing what resistance to use.... It seems to be a 1W, maybe a 2W WW resistor....
There are metal film resistors that can be 2W or 3W rated. But again, what resistance are you trying to replace. That is key....
 

Tonyr1084

Joined Sep 24, 2015
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How do we know the resistance value???

Looks like this was pulled out of an LED bulb, the kind that runs on 110 or 220 VAC. I have a few of them laying around too - units that have failed and pulled apart just to see what's in them. Just be careful. Messing with high voltage AC is dangerous. Off hand I don't know what the output voltage is supposed to be, but I've raw driven one of those LED rings (out of the bulb) with a variable power supply. I THINK I pushed around 4 to 12 volts DC into it. Scared to burn it out - no resistors in circuit - I only tried it for a moment. And sometimes a moment is all it takes to smoke the LED's.
 

Thread Starter

dosyl

Joined Sep 27, 2013
9
How do we know the resistance value???

Looks like this was pulled out of an LED bulb, the kind that runs on 110 or 220 VAC. I have a few of them laying around too - units that have failed and pulled apart just to see what's in them. Just be careful. Messing with high voltage AC is dangerous. Off hand I don't know what the output voltage is supposed to be, but I've raw driven one of those LED rings (out of the bulb) with a variable power supply. I THINK I pushed around 4 to 12 volts DC into it. Scared to burn it out - no resistors in circuit - I only tried it for a moment. And sometimes a moment is all it takes to smoke the LED's.
The output is 45volts DC.
 
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