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Originally posted by airspirit
I actually found some 3 Ohm 10W resistors at MPJA (12518 RS) that might work. 16 (!!!) in parallel would give 16/3 = 5.3 or .188 Ohms, giving me darn close to a .19 Ohm resistance, and I'm getting 160W of heat dispersal (overkill, but that wont hurt) at it'll only cost $5. Think that'll do it? Oh, and these are designed for high heat use in power supplies.
http://www.mpja.com/product.asp?product=12518+RS
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Yes, that'll work!
No it won't give you 18.1 amps on the pelt. You'll still have over 20 amps. The amps don't go down, only the voltage is split.
Since the voltage is split, the pelt also, will react differently, because its resistive quality is not linear with voltage.