[Milsurplus] Old carbon resistors: toss or keep ?

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

If the leads are copper and not steel, they have a salvage value for the 
copper.
With import tariffs going up, may have some value.

At a recent hamfest I was given a large number of carbon comp resistors 
and very surprised that many were still in tolerance.

Glenn

On 6/19/2025 4:07 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> I acquired from some estate sales last year a few hundreds of the old 
> carbon resistors. I have read that these drift quite a bit over the 
> years. Plus the % tolerance is so much poorer
> 
> than the current precision. I wonder, should i just ditch all these, use 
> the newer film, close tolerance resistors ? Resistors are not a high 
> cost item, and i truthfully, rarely have use for
> 
> replacements.  Should i just ditch these ? ( I am a person who hates to 
> throw out anything still useful. )
> 
> -Hue Miller
> 
> 
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