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Resistors In Parallel

When resistors are in parallel, their total resistance is diminished. The formula for figuring out the resistance is:

                           1 
R(total) =  --------------------------------
            ((R1 / 1) (R2 / 1) ... (Rn / 1)) 

A good calculator is available here: http://www.1728.com/resistrs.htm

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