Re: Mother Very Easily ...

On 13 Dec 2005 02:29:38 -0800, Amethyst <adoptsoldcats@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Robert Sneddon wrote:
>>
>> Resistors have coloured bands on them -- the first two bands are
>> numbers and the third is a x10 multiplier. A fourth band is a tolerance
>> -- gold is +/- 5% and silver is +/- 10%., so a yellow, violet, red, gold
>> code would b 4,7 x10^2 or 4.7
>
> And of course, the real test is to be handed a resistor with FIVE color
> bands. Engineers drool, but technicians know that this is a resistor
> with a 1% tolerance. The first four colors are the value, the fifth is
> the power of ten.

What about tighter-tolerance resistors? I know that you can do a lot
better than 1% if you are willing to pay the price premium.

-dms

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