[Milsurplus] Couple things about the ARC cap in the ebay

[Jim Whartenby]

Miles
I assume that your second remark concerns my statement about soldering CC resistors.  AFAIK, the tightest tolerance for CC resistors is 5%.  You can select a tighter tolerance value from this 5% group but do not expect the resistor to remain at this absolute value over time, temperature or humidity.  

The resistance might return to a value within it's marked 5% tolerance but it is doubtful that it will return to it's selected value after any type of stress.  It would be interesting to measure a CC resistor using an 8 1/2 digit ohmmeter to see what changes in value happen over relatively short excursions in time, temperature or humidity.
Regards,Jim
Logic: Method used to arrive at the wrong conclusion, with confidence.  Murphy 

    On Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 01:42:25 PM CDT, k2cby at optonline.net <k2cby at optonline.net> wrote:   

 
No criticism, but a couple of thoughts:

First, I very much doubt that the original resistors were carbon composition. Unless the values were extremely high, they were probably wire wound.

Second, you can solder a resistor – or other component – without altering its value by gripping the lead with a hemostat next to the body of the part.

  

  

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