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Resistor color code ... pc prase?
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innkeeper:
I'm sure many of us know the NON-PC phrase used to remember the resistor color code values.

Is there a good PC phrase one can use to teach others.  Anything in common use?

JS:
A box of mixed resistors, a table and a circuit to build, or two, or three... that's how I learned!

Then I went to metal film and it's a waste of time, as colors on the blue back are much worse and there are even some that could be read both ways (most starting with 1 make sense both ways so it's ugly)

Now I'm going for SMD and you just read numbers, like numbers wouldn't fit in bigger packages, I guess printing in a small cylinder is hard, but diodes are done this way, who knows  |O

JS
Relayer:

--- Quote ---A box of mixed resistors, a table and a circuit to build, or two, or three... that's how I learned!
--- End quote ---

Same here. I used to buy the grab bags of mixed resistors from Dick Smith, Jaycar and the likes.

I always had dramas with the metal-film ones as well, and at times it was really hard to determine
if a band was coloured red or brown.
I would really feel sorry for anyone colour-blind needing to sort out 1000 mixed metal-film resistors.  |O
Regards,
Relayer
james_s:
It took the very much non-PC phrase for me to finally remember the color code. I think just the fact that it was rather offensive is what made it stick in my mind.
KaneTW:
I'm color-blind, so dealing with through-hole resistors is basically impossible for me. I stick with SMD in my designs anyway.
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