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There is no direct relationship.

Power ('wattage') is a measure of the rate at which the resistor can dissipate energy; excessive power means that a resistor cannot dissipate energy fast enough to prevent its temperature becoming excessive -excessive enough to damage the resistor.

As the rate at which a resistor can dissipate energy is determined by its physical size, a resistor's power rating(maximum continuous power it can handle without exceeding its rated temperature) depends on the physical size of the resistor.

On the other hand, the resistance of a resistor is notaffected by its physical dimensions, as a resistor can be manufactured to any particular value of resistance for whatever physical size is necessary to achieve its rated power.

If you know a resistor's rated power and its resistance, then you can calculate the maximum continuous current that resistor can handle without overheating (using the equation: power = current squared x resistance).

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