08-06-2015, 10:42 AM
Candohms can be deceptive. It may seem that a 5 watt replacement would do the job however, what also must be taken into account is the heat sink (read, chassis) that it's attached to.....
That said, what I've grown accustomed to using are the Dale Hi-Watt resistors. They're furnished with mounting tabs so the resistor can be bolted to the chassis. And, since their terminals are on an axial plane, just about the same wire lashup can be used as with the old candohm setup. The drawback is that the Dale units take up a little more space than a candohm would, so the total length of the resistor assy has to be taken into consideration.
They can be found in most of the values needed and, of course, in wattages desired.
I finished a GE "colorama" mod 155 and replaced a candohm assy with Dale assy's that fit my needs exactly. It was 14" long!
That said, what I've grown accustomed to using are the Dale Hi-Watt resistors. They're furnished with mounting tabs so the resistor can be bolted to the chassis. And, since their terminals are on an axial plane, just about the same wire lashup can be used as with the old candohm setup. The drawback is that the Dale units take up a little more space than a candohm would, so the total length of the resistor assy has to be taken into consideration.
They can be found in most of the values needed and, of course, in wattages desired.
I finished a GE "colorama" mod 155 and replaced a candohm assy with Dale assy's that fit my needs exactly. It was 14" long!
