[ELECTRON] Power / current in a lamp

[Clive Mitchell]

I often use a 10K resistor across the 5V rails of low current
microcontroller circuits to bring the power rails down faster after
switch-off and ensure a good reset of the processor.

Much more fun is sticking a 10 _OHM_ resistor across 12V.  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xaAk9FnrVg

On 14 May 2010 22:41, Andrew Back <andy at smokebelch.org> wrote:
> If you put a 12k resistor across a 12v supply it would draw 1ma of current.
> However, I can't think why you would ever want to do this, apart from to
> create a "dummy load" and test a power supply.



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Clive Mitchell.

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