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    Offline Dustu

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    Resistor how hot ?
    « on: September 13, 2007 - 10:59:28 PM »
    Anybody ever check how hot there resistor on the firewall gets ? I know they get Hot but the one one my son's truck  {just got running }was 200 deg.F seems to hot to me!It's a 2 prong type mopar conv. kit .
    « Last Edit: September 14, 2007 - 07:33:45 PM by Dustu »
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    Offline bb71challenger

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    Re: Resistor how hot ?
    « Reply #1 on: September 13, 2007 - 11:26:48 PM »
    They are ceramic so they are made to get hot but how hot I dont know.
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    Offline Dustu

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    Re: Resistor how hot ?
    « Reply #2 on: September 14, 2007 - 07:35:29 PM »
    I will have to check the temp. of the one on  my old truck .
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    Offline GoodysGotaCuda

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    Re: Resistor how hot ?
    « Reply #3 on: September 14, 2007 - 07:47:04 PM »
    They get way hot. A brand new one will smoke for a few minutes actually
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    Offline willhaven

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    Re: Resistor how hot ?
    « Reply #4 on: September 14, 2007 - 09:10:11 PM »
    One of those big white rectangular ceramic resistors? Those get hot as hell. I had an R/C jeep as a kid that had a couple on it. I accidentally touched my fingers to them for a split second and learned first hand how hot they get. My first experience with a blistering burn. Really sucked.
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