PSU resistor

I'm running two of pictured supplies in double mono configuration for my class AB amp. I have fried a resistor R1 on one of them during a mounting, probing hiccup. It's value is ~16k5 on a good board.
Question: what's the purpose of this resistor? Spliting the ground between two poles? Can it be replaced with more common 15K or 18k values?

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