• j4k3@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Pot/rheostat wiper position needed.

    The four banders are like reading numbers level easy for me, but those fivers are tricky

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      1 month ago

      The blue background on metal film resistors makes it really hard for me to read them. I wish they would have stuck with tan and found another way to indicate the type.

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        Yeah and a lot are just 5%'s that got selectively matched from larger batches. I’ve had some that have the blue/grey overcoat come off and that is even more problematic to keep up with.