Beyond its assortment of off-the-shelf power resistors, Tyco Electronics also offers custom designed and manufactured resistors.

Power ratings range from 1 W to greater than 1 kW, with wire-wound, thick and thin film, foil, carbon and ceramic structures. Tyco Electronics offers a variety of packaging options as well as special cases and configurations. Options on cooling systems, custom lead formations, matched resistance solutions, custom windings and foil technology in stamped or etched solutions are available. A variety of product insulations and coatings for a range of ceramic cores in rods, tubes, or flat substrates are also offered. The customisation and development program includes in-house product testing. The range of tests can be designed in conjunction with customer specifications to include cyclic rated power and overload testing, adiabatic (single shot and frequency) testing, environmental, mechanical and repetitive pulse testing.