resistor values

[Phil]

resistor value software for i pod
Resistor Color Code

 

[Guest123]

My old tutor had a rhyme for remembering the resistor codes.........Bad, Boys,..........Probably best left to the imagination the rest.

 

[Mr Mark Sparks]

My old tutor had a rhyme for remembering the resistor codes.........Bad, Boys,..........Probably best left to the imagination the rest.

r***
our
young
girls but
virgins
go
without

from norfolk to wales looks like it was the same

 

[mechelec]

Ah I remember it well, but it did not start with bad boys as I recall.

 

[Guest123]

Ah I remember it well, but it did not start with bad boys as I recall.

No indeed....never know who's looking on though see.....got to be PC.

 

[mechelec]

No indeed....never know who's looking on though see.....got to be PC.

Too true, I was certainly not going to say it on a public forum. Im sure a member of the PC brigade is probably twitching now waiting for somone to say it

 

[Guest123]

I never realised that the resistor "rhyme" was such a universally recognised one. I always thought it was just our science lecturer's thing.......who knew.

 

[topquark]

r***
our
young
girls but
virgins
go
without

from norfolk to wales looks like it was the same

Yep, I remember similar:

Bad
Boys
R***
Our
Young
Girls
Because
Violet
Gav'em
Whisky

with the non PC version for the first.

 

[dfitzplugs]

Bad
Boys
R***
Our
Young
Girls
But
Virgins
Go
Willingly



Amazing what you remember

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I remember it but i had forgot it if you know what i mean. Not worked with resistors for years.