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Am 17.11.21 um 00:41 schrieb John Larkin: ...

thick film resistors also create an enormous amount of 1/f noise when there is DC over them.

Gerhard

That's workable with carbon film, too, so isn't completely un-available in more modern parts. DigiKey has 'em in MELF packages.

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High value carbon comps were used in many old tube TVs, and the Vitrohm ones were a common source of problems. Would go high.

But IIRC some low value would go short too after overheating. Very unreliable stuff.

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