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I agree on the resistors. The resistor colour code coupled with poor quality of colours on the actual resistors has me frequently reaching for a multimeter to j
by jgrahamc 7y ago
I agree on the resistors. The resistor colour code coupled with poor quality of colours on the actual resistors has me frequently reaching for a multimeter to just measure the resistance.
- blt 7y agoI just end up not reusing resistors. I have the unused ones in labeled drawers. Once I lose track of a resistor's value, I add it to the pile of components that need sorting. I actually sorted that pile once for fasteners, but resistors are so cheap...
- other_herbert 7y agoI remember going to a small electronic supplier for custom and mainly military things around 1999... The assembly folks would not waste time on getting a resistor and several other parts of they fell and at the end of the day the sweepings would be sold in a miscellaneous bag of parts