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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Making up odd resistor values required by filters
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 17:52:57 PDT
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One way to make cheap trimmable resistors is to use a high-wattage carbon
composition resistor, and saw a notch in it with a triangular file.
Of course, you can only increase the resistance, not decrease it.
