80 Ohm / 88 Ohm Heater Elements
All heater resistances are nominal values. Therefore for all the resistances mentioned here, please assume +/- 5 or so ohms.
We've never seen any genuine GHDs that use 80ohm or 88ohm heaters.
Genuine GHD heaters are as follows:
- 4.0B, 4.1B, 4.2B - 70 ohm heaters
- GHD3, 3.1B, SS2 - 160 ohm heaters.
- GHD MS - 170 ohm
Note that these resistances are only valid when the GHDs are disconnected from the PCB. When connected to the PCB the two heaters are in parallel, so you will measure half the resistance of one heater.
If you have a pair of GHDs mentioned above that are using a different resistance heater element, then they may well be fake. Please see our fake GHD page for more details about spotting fakes.
This page was last updated at 10:24am on 18th May 2011
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