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MiladyMayhem

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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:05 pm

My brother is building his own distortion pedal for his guitar and was asking me things to do with electronics. he needed a 100ohm resistor but is unable to source one due to lack of production or something like that.

In theory, you can connect two 50ohm resistors in series and it should add up to the 100ohm resisitor that he requires right? But, does this really hold in practise?

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:25 pm

I don't see why they wouldn't-- it worked that way when I took an electronics class many years ago. Does a distortion pedal carry a large load? If not there's no reason why he couldn't just buy a 100 ohm resistor from radio shack:
http://www.google.com/products?q=100+ohm+resistor&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US surprised fficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=mf-uScudGIiQngfwkfi-Bg&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

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MiladyMayhem

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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:40 am

when they say 100k does that mean 100ohms? or something else?

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:08 am

JoNuT

when they say 100k does that mean 100ohms? or something else?

100K means 100,000 Ohms

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MiladyMayhem

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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:47 pm

grey wanderer

JoNuT

when they say 100k does that mean 100ohms? or something else?

100K means 100,000 Ohms

okay... thanks >w<

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 12:01 am

MiladyMayhem

My brother is building his own distortion pedal for his guitar and was asking me things to do with electronics. he needed a 100ohm resistor but is unable to source one due to lack of production or something like that.

In theory, you can connect two 50ohm resistors in series and it should add up to the 100ohm resisitor that he requires right? But, does this really hold in practise?

yes its true in theory but the resistors are never exactly 50 ohms for a rated 50 ohm resistor but connecting them together in series should get you something close.

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Jerba2

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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:35 pm

What I know from Physics is that if they're just in series they simply add up, but they could be worth less resistance when connected in parallel. So you're sure it's series...?

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:36 pm

Oh, and do you know what he wants the resistor for, exactly?

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