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Re: Resistance, Ohm's law, Watt's law
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 6/14/2010 33 Replies

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Not quite. The power dissipated in a resistor is proportional to the current times the voltage drop across the resistor - not just the current. At zero ohms, you have unlimited current, but no voltag... Login to read more.

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