> While American resistors are usually labeled with colored bands, the Soviet resistors are green cylinders with their values printed on them.
Smart! The color band system has +ve and -ve, but overall I hate it. But better than caps with their 104 = 100,000 pf/nF?
I've known the US color band system since I was a kid, but damn the base color of the resistor epoxy has a huge impact, as does the low wattage high precision: you need a magnifier to read all 5 bands on a 4mm resistor.
Smart! The color band system has +ve and -ve, but overall I hate it. But better than caps with their 104 = 100,000 pf/nF?
I've known the US color band system since I was a kid, but damn the base color of the resistor epoxy has a huge impact, as does the low wattage high precision: you need a magnifier to read all 5 bands on a 4mm resistor.