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Re: Wow, really BIG resistors....

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From: Philip Peake
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:00
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In article <1gag1gINNcvf@crcnis1.unl.edu>, mpaul@unlinfo.unl.edu (marxhausen paul) writes:
|> I finally got in touch with the right folks at Dale and got their full
|> line catalog so I can find the 1 gigaohm resistor I need.  But hey, turns
|> out that's nuthin'...they have resistors in values up to _100 teraohms_,
|> that's, uh, 100,000,000,000,000 ohms. There are a few models where the
|> _smallest_ value you can get is 10 Gohm.  
|> 
|> Yikes.  What do these get used for?  Especially the 40 watt and larger
|> models?????

Insulation ?

Philip
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