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Originally Posted by Sutto
Hi guys, finally managed to get hold of 1/4 watt resistors, could only get 1/2 watt before, i'll stick those in tonight and see if that makes any difference. Thanks for your replies.
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The change from 1/2 watt to 1/4 watt won't make any difference unless you end up plugging the new ones in differently than the old ones were, or something else that was wrong before is different this time (in which case it will
seem like the change to 1/4 watt fixed it).
Most of the folks here are using 1/2 watt because that's the size Radio Shack carries in the 330 ohm. In some ways the 1/2 watt are actually better because the "legs" are a larger diameter and make better contact in the connector.
You said you soldered copper tabs to the legs of your resistors before. Depending on your finesse with a soldering iron, that could have burnt up one or both resistors. If you have an ohm meter, check the resistance of your 1/2 watt resistors that you put the tabs on (if you still have them). It's possible one of them is "open".
Let us know how it goes.