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Are you concerned about heat from those resisters burning the board?
No, not at all.
They were/are never warmed-up/heated-up above a few degree-C higher than room temperature in my use case! (It is just same as in @Langston Holland's study on ARCOL 4 Ohm 300 W non-inductive metal-clad power-type resistors operating in much-much higher power loads.) He described there;
Heat
Neither of the ARCOL resistor setups showed any detectable warming. They remained as cool to the touch after the measurements as before. The water heater elements (rated at 4,500W each submerged) remained on the bench air-cooled (shown below). I did notice a very slight warmth to the touch after the 200W sweep.