From: nobody@but.us.chickens   
      
   On 5/17/2010 1:38 AM Peter Larsen spake thus:   
      
   > David Nebenzahl wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Why would you make an effort to find a lower rated part unless the   
   >>> 10W ones wont fit?   
   >   
   >> He thinks they work like fuses.   
   >   
   > No David, it failed because it actually acted like a fuse. And it is cheaper   
   > that the resistor in series with the loudspeaker unit should fail and   
   > thereby protect the loudspeaker unit than vice versa.   
      
   Except that as Dick Pierce has elegantly explained it, the resistor will   
   *not* actually protect the speaker; in fact, it's far likelier that   
   *both* the resistor and one or more drivers will be damaged   
   simultaneously in the event of excessive power applied to the speaker unit.   
      
      
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