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| Fungus:
Seems like all the resistors that arrive here are blue these days and I hate them. It's much harder to see the colors and read the values than the old brown ones. What gives? Who took the decision to change the color and why? Does anybody know? |
| Zero999:
I'm neutral about them. I think the brown ones tend to be carbon film and the blue ones are normally metal film, but don't think there's a standard. |
| TimFox:
I prefer the military-style metal film resistors with a light tan body, but they use lettering rather than color bands. |
| mariush:
Seems like a simple solution : go with surface mount 0805 or 1206 resistors. They'll have the value written on them. You can easily add leads to them if needed, or just solder them on the through hole pads. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on March 22, 2020, 02:28:17 pm ---I'm neutral about them. I think the brown ones tend to be carbon film and the blue ones are normally metal film, but don't think there's a standard. --- End quote --- That's what I have always seen as well. Dunno about a standard, but I don't think I have ever seen "blue" TH resistors that weren't metal film. |
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