No... So, you want to use a 1000 (brown,black,red) in place of a 1000(brown,black,black,brown) I don't see the problem. Jeff -- Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 1:07 PM Subject: [TechAssist] A question for those who like everything to be original I have an eighth watt resistor. As near as I can tell, the original is: brown,black,black,brown, brown in lieu of this original, do any of you see any future problems with using: brown,black,red, (brown?) -- Doug Keller Wis-Kel Electronics 101 Freeland Ave. Terra Alta, WV USA 26764 dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.tech-assist.org "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you won't live long enough to make them all yourself" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/