Electronic – this component and what is it used for

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Today I opened an old adapter to salvage the transformer and found this component which I also desoldered.

What is this component and what is it used for?

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Component on PCB

It seems to have a resistance of 10 Ohms as shown and it's labeled as R1, but the joule is confusing me, so I don't think it's a regular resistor. I haven't been able to find anything online.

Best Answer

It's a 10 ohm resistor hence the label on the PCB called "R1".

The "J" stands for 5%.

what is it used for?

It's a power resistor and may be used for many things so I would urge you to read Wikipedia's page on resistors and hopefully it might enlighten you given that you have the device in your hand whilst all I have is a picture of it.

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