Re: FC-7 resistor wattage?

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

whatever the lowest wattage is, that will do


If you're really good at destroying resistors (as you imply) 
then it wouldn't hurt to go for higher wattage,
they'll be more forgiving of bad treatment with the soldering iron.

andy

Loaf citious wrote:
> Hello LD!  I've been off the list for some time now - pushing the 
> buttons and diving deeper and deeper into the EDP.
> 
> But, my FC-7 has been funny since the day I got it new in the mail.  So 
> now it's time to replace the buttons on the FC-7.  I'm a big guy so, 
> being weary of those little plastic red jobbies - I went for the sturdy 
> looking metal ones from British Audio Service.
> 
> Of course I trashed some of the reistors gutting the foot controller and 
> need to replace them ( I wanted to anyways - something was not right w/ 
> the overdub pedal and was it was occasionally to close to the 'edit 
> parameter' ~20K ??).
> 
> Anyways, long story short, I called a supply place today to oder these 
> (cause radio shack is not cuttin' the mustard) and the tech on the phone 
> immediately asked "What's the wattage? 1Watt ? 1/2 Watt?"
> 
> Now I apologize if this information has been repeated elsewhere but, I 
> really have dug around.......can anyone tell me the appropriate wattage 
> for the 1% metal film resistors?
> 
> Super Big Tx,
> Andy G.
> Raleigh, NC-USA