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RavenXp
05-19-2018, 07:26 PM
I ordered three different types of resistor from the store, but they arrived unmarked and no matter what calculator I use I can't figure out which is which.
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/12ohm-3w-resistor-P22.aspx
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/5ohm-3w-resistor-P1050.aspx
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/47ohm-5w-resistor-P947.aspx

If someone could tell me what the color bands are for these it would be an immense help.
Warlock
05-19-2018, 07:27 PM
This is why a meter is your best friend. Among a thousand other uses.
RavenXp
05-19-2018, 07:37 PM
Wait, if you mean a multimeter.... I'm a moron. Think in suffering from hunger stupidity.
Warlock
05-19-2018, 07:43 PM
It happens :)
Seth Skywalker
05-19-2018, 07:49 PM
Wait, if you mean a multimeter.... I'm a moron. Think in suffering from hunger stupidity.

Hhhhmmmm, I think I'm too. Simply starving right now, I just don't want to stop working on my lightsaber, so I forget to take a break and eat.;)
RavenXp
05-19-2018, 07:55 PM
Hhhhmmmm, I think I'm too. Simply starving right now, I just don't want to stop working on my lightsaber, so I forget to take a break and eat.;)

Same, but forcing myself to take a break.
Seth Skywalker
05-19-2018, 08:34 PM
You know how it goes. Working for hours, take a lunch break for 15 minutes, continue working couple hours, eat dinner 15 minutes, continue work......
RavenXp
05-19-2018, 08:49 PM
You know how it goes. Working for hours, take a lunch break for 15 minutes, continue working couple hours, eat dinner 15 minutes, continue work......

Well, at this point I hit the wall. Had dinner, which was the first time I ate all day. Now I'm crashing. Think the eagerness to get the last of my parts was feeding my energy. Now that I have the parts, I'm spent.
bigkevin61
05-19-2018, 11:37 PM
There are several “resistor color band calculator” sites online, if you don’t have a multimeter.

I’d link the one I use, but it is part of an electronics store.
RavenXp
05-20-2018, 03:09 AM
Yeah, every band calculator I used I couldn't match up the bands. Was always missing a color. I have a multimeter, I was just not thinking.
k6gad
05-20-2018, 07:16 AM
Hey.... everybody knows “resistance is futile” .......oops wrong series.... lol