Dale RH type resistors

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I have been looking at these for possibly making a dummy load(s)

I'm noticing that they are available in a variety of resistance ratings as well as watts.

I've googled it quite a bit but noticing what seems to be some really extremely skewed items just wondering what some of the applications are for example a 100 watt 0.025 ohm resistor 

Obviously Dale Vishay...Ohmite don't just make these for people testing amps 

Also sorry I have to ask I may try it what happens if you connect an amp to for example a 3.9 Kohm resistor?!   

Anyhow I may not buy some of these I dont see many exactly 8 ohm specimens obviously I can work around that.

But it may be something that you guys that have fixed two million amps have used maybe twice idk 

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You can get an 8 ohm 100W resistor to test an amp but a better option is to make an attenuator with inductors and resistors that better simulate a speaker load, I think over in the Marshallforum they came up with a really good homemade version that they use so they can run the tube amps at full power and still tap off at a lot lower power output. A Marshall 800 amp sounds fantastic when you crank it.
https://marshallforum.com/threads/simple-attenuators-design-and-testing.98285/

Other uses could be anything from radio transmission, speaker crossovers, industrial applications like DC motor braking, speed regulation of wiper motors in your old car etc.
Cheers
Mick

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Yes sir thanks 

Thank you for making a note that we need to be dealing with impedance here so maybe I can get a calculator out and try to design something that would result in 8 ohms reactance at test frequency and be about 100? watts