Capacitor smoothing question

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lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United States Posts: 3778	Posted: 10:18pm 09 Mar 2025         DaveJacko said   I bought a bag of 1 Ohm 1 watt resistors with which one can easily make any load. I used 5 in series, but be aware they get warm and the resistance will increase. I have a USB resistor module which has a switch for 1A or 2A, but the 18650 batteries I tried immediately shut down with 1A at 5V (with the modules I was using). I've ordered a USB current tester with fan and adjustable current--I'll see how that does when I get it this coming week. I was just wondering if I could cobble something together--but I don't have any capacitors bigger than 440uF.