This is kind of a side note but how in the world can a resistor maintain + or - 1% with temperature fluctuation? As I was reading the data sheet it indicates the current carrying capacity goes down as the temperature rises but it seems to me in my limited understanding of electrical theory the resistance would go up.
The resistance does increase as the resistor gets hot. So if we look at ohms law for a more or less fixed voltage applied, I (current) = V (voltage) / R (resistance) so as R increases the I will decrease.
Make sense now?
Ron