Hi Neville, think of a capacitor as a bathtub (or pressure tank?) for electrons - - The stripes on resistors Are hard to read, that's why I use a multimeter. And as you will soon discover, there are other striped animals in the electronic jungle but they're easy to spot (eewww!) with your trusty digital multimeter. Even the el-cheapo ~$10 digital multimeters are way more than good enough, just be sure they can measure "AC amperes; DC amperes; AC volts; DC volts; and Ohms." A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away - the navy - I was taught a mildly offensive little jingle to remember the color coding of electronic components: Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly; Get Some Now Black = 0 Brown = 1 Red = 2 Orange = 3 Yellow = 4 Green = 5 Blue = 6 Violet = 7 Grey = 8 White = 9
Gold = 5% tolerance Silver = 10% tolerance No color = 20% tolerance Have fun, Malcolm ************************ > > A book on basic electronics won't burn up your brain too much. > > Just knowing the difference between a parallel and series circuit and how > > to hook up a multimeter to read what will take you a long way. > > > > Ode AMEN -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
