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I always play it safe and cheat by checking the value with my multimeter.
"Once upon a time" resistor values were as an open book to me. I could read them at a glance.
Then! They brought in this 4 band system and of course made the resistors ever wee'er. So, a combination of failing eyesight and failing brain means that I just get out my trusty Fluke 83 and check 'em before I use 'em!
"Funny" story. Not to do with colour codes per se but certainly how to feck up production big time....
A factory I worked at for 10 years made network modules of all sorts and two of them had resistors in them. The telephone master module 1meg and another called the "ISDN" module that had 100R termination resistors. In the stores there were two open bins side by side each containing 10,000 of each value, stripped off their bandoleers.
I leave you to guess what happened!
Dave.
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The young do not know enough to be prudent, therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
And presumably you have to de-solder them to measure the resistance value? Here's an example of what I mean about the colours being indistinct. Is that brown, red or orange on the two grey bodied ones? And it looks like a cross between purple, mauve and red on the one on the left!
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee189/chillidoggy/DSCN1445a_zps592327a3.jpg
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Much obliged!
Given the weather forecast for the weekend, I can feel a resistor-code familiarisation with a multi-meter session coming on. I've noticed that some resistor codes are more easily readable than others, and like you said, it will come with experience.
Mind you, you know what they say about a little bit of knowledge!
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Can you translate that into English, Dave?