[Hallicrafters] Old Resistors

[Roger (K8RI)]

> Ask any old-timer for the "piece" about how to remember the colors.  In US
> Navy Electronics Technician "A" school, they tried to teach us the "clean"
> version, but nobody bought it.  Much easier to remember the other one.
>
> Bad Boys R*** our young girls, but violet gives willingly.
>

You forgot the tolerance bands "Gold, silver, and no color" = Get some Now.

Roger
> BLACK
> BROWN
> RED
> ORANGE
> YELLOW
> GREEN
> BLUE
> VIOLET
> GREY
> WHITE
>
> The old resistors were BODY - END - DOT.  The BODY is the first 
> significant
> number, the END the second, and the DOT is the multiplier.  Most of these
> were 20% tolerance, and are WAY OFF.  I have found that they're useful for
> load resistors, when you're testing batteries, though.
>
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