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Drew Wrote:

>Jammer Six wrote:
>
>> >B B R O Y G B V G W G S [N][sic]
>
>Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White Gold Silver
>[None]
>
>This is from the list of resistor color code stripes used to determine
>resistance in ohms visually. The Gold / Silver are for tolerance bands - I
>think a Gold stripe means +/-1%, a Silver stripe means +/-5% and No stripe
>means the resistor is supposed to be good to +/-10% of stated value.
>If you throw the "N" on the end of the letter string (for "No tolerance
>stripe") the following mnemonic is useful for remembering the whole deal:
>
>Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls. Get Some Now.
>
>Geeks. What can I tell you?
>
>Drew
>
>>
>Don't forget this one.... Bad Booze Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes
>Well...Get Some Now.
 There is another that I'm aware of... However it is far from politicaly
correct.

"SILT HAPPENS"JD                                                 JEFF DISLER
 SAFE CAVING                                                      NSS 26000


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