It was meant for current PCB, placing 2 resistors instead of one (one end
of resistors SMD pad, second connected 'in air') ..

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:53 AM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:

> On 08/23/2017 01:01 PM, Petr Ledvina wrote:
>
>> John,
>> One way to improve power dissipation a bit is to mount two resistors in
>> series instead of one, forming inverted V ... It's not that ugly and will
>> add some margin to available power dissipation..
>>
>>
>> I might do that for the next PCB revision.  Right now, on existing
> boards, I can fit a 2 W resistor on the same pads, but don't know if it
> will help much on the overall heating.  The 2W resistor will most likely
> have more resistive material in it, so it might run a little cooler.
>
>
> Jon
>
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