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[–] Haus@kbin.earth 204 points 3 days ago (23 children)

Use 2 E192 in parallel: a 6.19Ω resistor with a 4500Ω resistor. This gives 6.1846Ω which is close enough for rock and roll.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 93 points 3 days ago (20 children)

I feel like this is one of those comments I want to hoard in the off chance that I ever get into this and start building shit but I know deep inside me that's never gonna happen.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Just learn the math, it’s quite easy. IIRC you just add the reciprocals of the resistors then take the reciprocal of the answer.

1/Req = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3 ….

[–] Denvil@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

Note that if it's a series circuit you simply add resistance.

I'm just an electrician though, we don't actually use the math or the theoretical stuff terribly often

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