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Re: Who has dummy speaker loads?

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From: Monty Saine
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1989 14:40
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>	Can someone recommend I manufacturer of dummy speaker loads?  I don't
>feel like soldering dozens of wire-wound resistor together on a huge heat sink.
>Something like a 50 Watt, 4 or 8 ohm load would be preferable.  The last time
>I saw a dummy load was in a stereo repair shop, but they were using a single
>50 Watt wire-wound from Dale the size of a spray can!

    Back in my high school days we used regular incandescent light bulbs for
    loads. Don't know if that would be pratical in this case, but theey do
    make for a cheap high power load.

    For what its worth???


    Monty
>
>Thanks in advance
>Cliff Yamamoto
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Subject: Re: Who has dummy speaker loads?
Keywords: dummy, speaker, load, watt
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Date: 18 Apr 89 14:40:25 GMT
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