00:00If you work on dummy loads, LED ballasts, motor braking, or audio test rigs, you already know
00:05power resistors get expensive fast. So I went digging and found the best aluminum case power
00:11resistors under 350. Five of them, all with thousands of buyers behind them. Here's the
00:18shortlist. Kicking off with the 2-pack, and this one's the value play if you want options.
00:24You get two resistors covering 10, 25, 50, and 100W ratings, in anything from 0.1 ohm all the
00:30way up to 10k, including the 4, 6, and 8 ohm values people actually use for speaker and load testing.
00:374.9 stars, almost 5,000 sold, and it's $3.20 for the pair. That's two heatsink resistors for the
00:45price of one. Next is the ImpulsePy. Single 25W RX24 aluminum shell, and it starts at
00:5338 cents. 38 cents. Resistance range runs from 0.01 ohm to 30k, so 0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1k,
01:03whatever your
01:04circuit needs. 4.7 stars and over 4,600 sold, which tells you people keep coming back. Third one sits
01:12right in the middle. Single unit, your choice of 10W or 25W, 0.01 ohm up to 30k, so you
01:19can grab 1,
01:202, 5, 8, 20 ohm, 1k, 10k. Same RX24 metal shell as the others, so it bolts to a chassis
01:28and sheds
01:28heat properly. 4.9 stars, 4,400 sold, 70 cents a piece. If you only need one value and want
01:37a high
01:37rating, this is the pick. Now the serious one. 100W, single resistor, and look at the resistance list.
01:450.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.22, 0.25, 0.33, 0.47, 0.5, 0.68,
01:570.8 ohm. That's current sensing in shunt
02:01territory, the low ohm stuff that's annoying to find. 268, 4.8 stars, 4,400 sold. Mounted on metal,
02:09keep the lead short, and it will happily eat 100W. Last one is my favorite for everyday builds.
02:1750W RX24, and the value spread is huge, 3.3, 4, 4.7, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20,
02:2522, 33, 47, 51, 60 ohm.
02:30Basically every common resistor value you'd reach for in a 50W package.
02:35239, 4.9 stars, 4,400 sold. Great middle ground between the tiny ones and
02:42the 100W monster. All 5 links are in the description below,
02:46so go grab whichever fits your project. If this saved you some searching, drop a like,
02:51hit subscribe, and I'll keep hunting the cheap stuff that actually works.
