Working out power ratings

[Gaslighter]

I've noticed that some boards come with a shopping list of components whereas others don't. I want to build the smoothie and would like to know how many watts the resistors need to be. Grateful for any help.

[Leevibe]

With pedals, 99+% is 1/4 watt resistors. You can assume that 1/4w will do unless otherwise noted in build documents. Some designs are very dense or very compact and would require 1/8w for space savings. There are probably high voltage tube designs that would require 1/2w or higher. 1/4w is just right size/power wise for pedals though.

Welcome to pedal building and to the MB forum! Keep asking questions. This is the place for it!

Lee

[RobA]

The Smoothie is one of the baby boards, so additional build info is in the doc for all of them (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/downloads/BabyBoardGuide.pdf).

It calls for 1/8W for the baby boards because of space constraints. 1/4W will work, but you have to partially stand them up and it won't fit in the 1590A box then.

[Gaslighter]

Thank you both for your help!