[ARC5] Resistor Excursions

[Ken Gordon]

On 26 Mar 2024 at 14:49, releazer at earthlink.net wrote:

> I think we all know how carbon resistors can increase in resistance
> over time, even when they are not even in use.  I have been working on
> a BC-348-N that is fairly original.  I was trying to figure out how
> the filaments had been rewired to 6.3V and while I was at it checked
> the value of some resistors.  The one that really surprised me was the
> 15K one that measured at 28.8K.  I thought perhaps that was an error
> in the manual but found that even the 1957 manual update still showed
> it as 15K.  And yes, I have checked my VOM for accuracy in the Ohms
> range.  I have been soldering modern resistors in parallel with them,
> which is much easier than trying to remove the old ones.
> 
> Wayne
> WB5WSV     

Wayne: I come up with your needing to parallel that 28.8 K resistor with a 31.3 k resistor to 
get ~15 k.

Is that what you get?

Ken W7EKB