Wayne Parham Messages: 18787 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
This is done to increase thermal capacity, that's right. More resistors handle more current with less heat.
And, yes, you can substitute 12.5Ω resistors in pl;ace of 12Ω, and 15Ω can be used in place of 16Ω. Those are the values I use when buying Mills resistors.