[Boatanchors] Carbon Composites Go Bye Bye

[David Stinson]

Mentioned this once, finally pulled the trigger on it.
I have purged my 50-year junk-box of carbon-comp resistors,
including NOS, save only obvious "antique" parts from
the 20s and 30s and "premium grade" precisions.
Over a gallon of them. 90%  have drifted, some of them
substantially, and it just isn't worth my precious and
rapidly-dwindling time to try and cherry-pick those still good.
Will be using mostly the current "flame-proof" in
future projects.   I'm curious if anyone else has considered
"resistor retirement?"

73 Dave AB5S


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