11-05-2014, 03:52 PM
O.K. you've found a suitable replacement - so problem solved. √
But thinking of 'next time', does it need to be 18k 5%? Would a 10% or even a 20% one do? Come to that, if the function of that R is not critical at all, would a 22k have sufficed? And I hear what you say about 'space available'. If that R was 1-watt rated, then two 39k resistors in parallel, each rated at 1/2 watt, would have probably been O.K. as a replacement.
Al.
But thinking of 'next time', does it need to be 18k 5%? Would a 10% or even a 20% one do? Come to that, if the function of that R is not critical at all, would a 22k have sufficed? And I hear what you say about 'space available'. If that R was 1-watt rated, then two 39k resistors in parallel, each rated at 1/2 watt, would have probably been O.K. as a replacement.
Al.
