It is lost in heating the resistive material of the
rheostat.
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How do you install a rheostat in 1999 626 Mazda?
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How do you take a rheostat out of a 2003 monte carlo
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In a bridge circuit the unknown resistor is compared to the
rheostat. When the meter across the bridge reads in the middle the
unknown and the rheostat are the same value.