{"id":383,"date":"2011-05-20T11:50:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2016-11-08T04:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T04:40:37","slug":"resistance-heaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riedon.com\/blog\/resistance-heaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Resistance Heaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<h1><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Heater-Pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-386\" title=\"Heater Resistors\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Heater-Pic-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a>Resistors as Heaters<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"100%\"><a title=\"PDF\" href=\"..\/..\/technical-information\/application-notes\/using-power-resistors-as-heaters.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/templates\/rt_hivemind_j15\/images\/pdf_button.png\" alt=\"PDF\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"100%\"><a title=\"Print\" href=\"..\/..\/technical-information\/application-notes\/using-power-resistors-as-heaters.html?tmpl=component&amp;print=1&amp;page=\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/templates\/rt_hivemind_j15\/images\/printButton.png\" alt=\"Print\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"100%\"><a title=\"E-mail\" href=\"..\/..\/component\/mailto\/?tmpl=component&amp;link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yaWVkb24uY29tL3VzL3RlY2huaWNhbC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbi9hcHBsaWNhdGlvbi1ub3Rlcy91c2luZy1wb3dlci1yZXNpc3RvcnMtYXMtaGVhdGVycy5odG1s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/templates\/rt_hivemind_j15\/images\/emailButton.png\" alt=\"E-mail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Power resistors and resistance heaters share many common design considerations. In both products, <strong>good thermal design<\/strong> ensures low thermal resistance between the element and the exterior environment. Both must be <strong>rugged and reliable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Power resistors are often used in heater applications. They allow a designer to apply and control heat to a small area. Riedon offers a broad range of these resistors. If one of our standard resistors won&#8217;t do we can modify existing products or create new designs to fit your special requirements.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Heater-Pic.tif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-384\" title=\"Resistors Heaters\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Heater-Pic.tif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRiedon power resistors are used in a variety of heater applications. They are especially useful in situations where the heat must be isolated or concentrated in a small area.<\/p>\n<p>Continue to read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riedon.com\/us\/technical-information\/application-notes\/using-power-resistors-as-heaters.html\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resistors as Heaters Power resistors and resistance heaters share many common design considerations. In both products, good thermal design ensures low thermal resistance between the element and the exterior environment. Both must be rugged and reliable. Power resistors are often used in heater applications. They allow a designer to apply and control heat to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[301,3,210],"tags":[35,87,395,133,136],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digikey-2","category-resistors","category-wirewound-resistors-2","tag-heaters","tag-resistance-heaters","tag-resistors","tag-thermistors","tag-transducers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Resistance Heaters - Riedon Company Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Power resistors and resistance heaters share many common design considerations.\" \/>\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\/resistance-heaters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resistance Heaters - 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