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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1141970" data-attributes="member: 176704">Or those resistors were incorrectly/under-rated for the current drawn/power to be dissipated under max adverse loading conditions (e.g. in a stalled rotor condition caused by the motor trying to drive the dish against "something" solid like a wall or post, etc!)When I made up the resistor bank for the NEC motor, IIRC I used 4 large ceramic wirewound ones in a series/parallel configuration to get both the resistance value and the power handling capacity that was required - and none of them ever failed in quite a few years of use!<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>