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| May 2, 2018 at 4:35 | comment | added | Jordan M | Temperature of the resistor itself has nothing to do with the amount of heat energy disipated. I could stick a heating element in an arctic iceburg and it will disipate the same amount of heat energy but the element could be 100 degrees colder because the ice sucked up all the heat. The main effect that a lower temperature per amp has is protecting the resistor from damage. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 2:48 | comment | added | Solomon Slow | @soundslikefiziks, Different resistors consume different amounts of power in different circuits. But, 100% of the power that any one resistor consumes will be converted into heat. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 2:36 | comment | added | Criticize SE actions means ban | @soundslikefiziks Do you understand circuits? | |
| May 2, 2018 at 1:54 | comment | added | soundslikefiziks | @jameslarge but if that was true, wouldn't it cause batteries to lose the same amount of energy and discharge at the same rate regardless of the resistance in the circuit ? | |
| May 1, 2018 at 22:30 | comment | added | user160063 | Resistors come in many shapes and sizes and have datasheets which rate the temperature it will reach with 'x' amount of current passing through it. No, you cant 'tune' the amount of power dissipated - but you can tune a resistor to more effectively radiate heat. Not all resistors with the same resistance and current passing through are going to reach the same temperature as your comment indicates. | |
| May 1, 2018 at 22:21 | comment | added | Solomon Slow | *Of course, any hot object will subsequently radiate away some of its heat as light. Possibly including visible light if it gets hot enough. | |
| May 1, 2018 at 22:20 | comment | added | Solomon Slow | You can't "tune" the amount of heat per Watt that is dissipated by a resistor. A resistor (including a purpose-built electric heating element) always turns 100% of the dissipated energy into heat* | |
| May 1, 2018 at 22:15 | history | answered | user160063 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |