Resistor question

VR3

If the stock xover used a cheap ol 10watt resistor, is it safe to assume you can jump to a 20-25 watt without issue?

Thanks

ben62670

Yes.

megasat16

Going from 10W to 20W or 25W is a big jump. If possible, look for the same wattage or something closer like 12W, 15W first as substitute before going with 20W or 25W ones.

treitz3

That's an awful big change in resistance Trey. What, if you don't mind me asking, are these going into?

VR3

This is in the woofer network - the rest of the network uses 5 watts, then there is a 36ohm 10 watt in the woofer - I assumed this could be changed to a 25watt based on past convos with Face, correct?

Its a Def Tech CLR1000

VR3

I found a 20watt 33ohm 2%

vs. the stock 10watt, 36 ohm 10%

Should be ok right?

Face

Higher wattage resistors can be more inductive, but I wouldn't worry about it in a woofer shunt.

FYI, Mills makes a 33ohm, 12w resistor: http://soniccraft.com/mills_resistors.htm

treitz3

Damn, don't I feel like the donkey. I thought you were talking about the ohms. Reading it again, I see you were referring to watts. Yes, it will work.

VR3

Cool

I am sticking with PartsConnexion on this one ---

We are hot rodding the BP20 and CLR1000 he bought -- Auricaps on the tweeters, mills resistors throughout - that 36 ohm I am going to throw a Mundorf M 20 watt - woofer networks just going to use Solen to keep it simple.

I really liked the sound of the Auricaps on the DT tweeters so I wanted to use those for him and they were the only ones that had them in stock. I wanted it all to ship from the same place.

These are not my speakers so I dont really "care" what specific parts go where and he wont hear the initial difference in parts like I would.

So cool

Thanks everyone!

zingo

The power rating on a resistor does not coincide with the resistance rating.