Current Lover - Burning Resistor

[enjoyadrian]

Hello. I have my current lover wired up and good to go. I get the bypass signal and all, but when i plug in my dc power, the 10r resistor (spot r33) just smokes up. Should I place a higher resistor (1k?) in the spot? What could this possibly be? Any help would be appreciated.
-adrian.

[alanp]

Every bit of power flows through R33 -- it's a voltage dropping resistor. What wattage resistor do you have in there?

[enjoyadrian]

i have/had a 1/4w 10ohm carbon film resistor in that spot.

[madbean]

Try 100R there if you have it. If not, jumper it.

[oldhousescott]

Make sure you've wired the polarity of your DC jack correctly. If it's backwards, it'll look pretty much like a dead short across R33.