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Originally Posted by JCFitz
It is probably metal film. You could get away with carbon film for this but I personally would buy another metal film resistor. I've seen those carbon films burst into flames when they were overloaded. 
The metal film ones usually say flameproof on the package. |
looks like i can get a wirewound resistor 1.2ohm 3w for a fraction of the price of the metal ones.. would a wirewound resistor work in its place?
EDIT: oh never mind i found a metal film one for cheap..