Re: Stern/Bally 6 Digit Displays

Are you sure you put the right value of 1/2 watters in? 100K ohm?
the wattage of a resistor does not affect the amount of current that is
drawn, only the resistance affects that. Upping the wattage just lets
them handle more w/o burning up.

steve
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Steve Kulpa (cargpb10)
Hermitage, TN
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K's Arcade wrote:
I wish I knew the answer too but when I began rebuilding the displays I
changed about a dozen displays over to 1/2 watt resistors and when I
installed a full set of 5 in my Mata Hari it blew the 3/16A fuse every
time.

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