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Old 06-11-2008 | 11:14 AM
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Default RE: Making a load meter

A 16 ohm resistor would do fine (Brown, Blue, Black, Gold). This will put about a 300mA load on your receiver battery. You can figure out different sized resistors for different loads using Ohm's law. V=IR (Voltage = Current * Resistance). Simple Middle School algebra will yield R = V/I. Plug in receiver voltage for V and your desired load for I (in milli-amps, ex. .3 for 300mA). Your answer will be in ohms.