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Do you hate blue resistors?

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rsjsouza:
I dislike the blue color, but it's been a long while since I don't carry one of my good meters together with alligator clips when I am sorting this type of stuff. My eyesight is going fast as well...

Regarding sorting, I use coin envelopes that allow me to scribble any type of info and fit very well in quite a number of cardboard boxes.  :-+

Brumby:

--- Quote from: bd139 on March 22, 2020, 05:59:30 pm ---4. When you are done or have desoldered one throw it in the bin and forget it existed.
5. If you drop one, throw it in the bin and get another one out.

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These points are becoming more common with me.  Even when using breadboards, the resistors don't usually find their way back to the fold.


--- Quote ---If you’re sly, sweep them all into a box and sell it on eBay for some other idiot to deal with. They go for good money  :-DD

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Sounds like a plan ... and one that fits the way things are going with me.  :-+

coppercone2:
the benefit of blue resistors or non brown resistors is that natural over heating deformation is brown and char is black, these colors stand out on blue, so a quick visual inspection may detect problems

however, there are better colors for this possibly, White resistors?

if you notice, fuses are often light green (through hole littlefuse), not sure if this is done for this reason to identify burn. The problem with white might be false positives from flux and dust contamination, they will show everything.

I assume you like the really old brown ones (true cylinder shape), not the tan ones, those will stand out better



low level/hunch/probability based analysis usually leads me to believe the tan resistors are 5% carbon film, but this is not always the case.

ebastler:
That poll at the top of the thread is clearly lacking an "I don't care" option.

OwO:
Don't remember the last time I've seen or used a giant barrel resistor. Just put many 0805 resistors in parallel/series if you need higher power rating.

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