Doug, You don't say what this is in, but I haven't seen many 1% resistors in consumer electronics. I have seen plenty of red bands turn brown when the resistor is overheated. Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:04:07 -0230 Eric Manuel <tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Doug the resister calulater says the same 1K@1percent Eric > Eric Manuel > E M Electronics > Deer Lake Nfld > Canada > > Doug Keller wrote: > > > > 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/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/