{"id":1242,"date":"2017-02-06T21:40:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T21:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2017-02-07T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T05:03:09","slug":"precision-or-power-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riedon.com\/blog\/precision-or-power-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision or Power?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Resistors are often designated as precision or power. Precision resistors are designed for applications where tight resistance tolerance and stability are primary considerations, and they generally have restricted operating temperature limits and power dissipation ratings. Power resistors can also have tight tolerance and be quite stable, but their design emphasis is to optimize power dissipation \u2013 these resistors generally have extended operating temperature limits. A very wide variety of resistor technologies are available in both the precision and power categories and the success of your design may rest on your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for list of <a href=\"http:\/\/riedon.com\/resistors\/high-power\/\">power resistors options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for <a href=\"http:\/\/riedon.com\/resistors\/precision\/\">precision resistors options<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_736\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/100-leaded-series.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-736\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/100-leaded-series-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Precision Wirewound Resistors\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riedon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/100-leaded-series-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/riedon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/100-leaded-series-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Precision Wirewound Resistors<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resistors are often designated as precision or power. Precision resistors are designed for applications where tight resistance tolerance and stability are primary considerations, and they generally have restricted operating temperature limits and power dissipation ratings. Power resistors can also have tight tolerance and be quite stable, but their design emphasis is to optimize power dissipation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[361,3],"tags":[267],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caddock","category-resistors","tag-0-001-tolerance-resistors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Precision or Power? - Riedon Company Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/riedon.com\/blog\/precision-or-power-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Precision or Power? - Riedon Company Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Resistors are often designated as precision or power. 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