Zotsutsa zimatha kugawidwa m'magulu awiri akuluakulu malinga ndi ngati mtengo wotsutsa ungasinthidwe kapena ayi: otsutsa okhazikika ndi otsutsa osinthika.
Fixed Resistors: Kukana kwa zotsutsa izi kumatsimikiziridwa panthawi yopangidwa ndipo sikusintha pansi pazochitika zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito. Ndiwo mtundu wodziwika bwino wa resistor ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mabwalo osiyanasiyana kuti apereke kukana kosalekeza. Zotsutsa zokhazikika nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi malekezero awiri, omwe amatha kuimiridwa muzithunzi zozungulira ngati mzere wowongoka, ndi mtunda pakati pa mapeto awiriwo akuwonetsa kukana kwawo.
Mosiyana ndi ma resistors okhazikika, kukana kwa zopinga zosinthika kumatha kusinthidwa ndi kusintha kwakunja. Izi zimawapangitsa kukhala abwino kwa mapulogalamu omwe kuwongolera kolondola kwa mtengo wokana kumafunikira. Zopinga zosinthika nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi ma terminals atatu ndi cholumikizira chotsetsereka chomwe chimatha kusunthidwa pagulu la resistor kuti chisinthe mtengo wokana. Mitundu yodziwika bwino ya ma resistor osiyanasiyana imaphatikizapo ma slide wire varistors ndi potentiometers.
Kuphatikiza pa zotsutsana zokhazikika komanso zosinthika, pali mtundu wapadera wotsutsa wotchedwa "sensitive resistor," womwe ungasinthe mtengo wake wotsutsa potengera kusintha kwa chilengedwe (mwachitsanzo, kutentha, kuthamanga, chinyezi, etc.).
Pazigawo zamapangidwe, mtengo wotsutsa wotsutsa wokhazikika umatsimikiziridwa panthawi ya kupanga ndipo susintha panthawi ya moyo wake. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, mtengo wotsutsa wa variable resistor ukhoza kusinthidwa mwamakina kapena pakompyuta. Zamkati mwawo nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi cholumikizira chimodzi kapena zingapo zomwe zimasunthika kapena kuzungulira pamtundu wotsutsa kuti zisinthe mtengo wokana.
Zotsutsa zokhazikika ndizoyenera kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe zimafuna kulondola kwa magawo ozungulira chifukwa zimatha kupereka mtengo wokhazikika wokana. Zotsutsa zokhazikika zimakhala ndi moyo wautali wautumiki chifukwa cha kulondola kwawo komanso kukhazikika kwawo. Kumbali ina, zopinga zosinthika zimagwiritsidwa ntchito makamaka pomwe kusintha kosinthika kwa mtengo wokana kumafunikira. Mwachitsanzo, kusintha voliyumu kapena kusintha siginecha yamagetsi pazida zomvera, kapena kukwaniritsa mphamvu yeniyeni yamagetsi kapena kuwongolera kwapano pamakina owongolera okha.
Ma resistors okhazikika ndi ma resistors osiyanasiyana amasiyananso pakupanga ndi kupanga. Zotsutsa zokhazikika nthawi zambiri zimagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wafilimu woonda kapena wandiweyani, momwe zida zoyendetsera zimayikidwa pagawo laling'ono kuti apange chopinga. Komano, ma resistors osinthika angafunike makina ovuta kwambiri kuti atsimikizire kuti zolumikizira zimatha kuyenda bwino. Kusankha pakati pa zopinga zokhazikika ndi zosinthika kumaphatikizanso kusinthanitsa pakati pa mtengo ndi magwiridwe antchito. Zotsutsa zokhazikika nthawi zambiri zimakhala zotsika mtengo chifukwa ndizosavuta kupanga.
