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From: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Resistor Color code sayings
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Date: 19 Oct 89 23:54:40 GMT
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Re: remembering the color codes

The best way to learn the color code is to dump a whole drawer of
resistors on the floor, and then put them back. ;-)  

Serously there are only a very few values you will probably ever need
to know.  10x 12x 15x 18x 22x 27x 33x 39x 47x 56x 68x 82x {x=0-6} will
probably cover 99% of all cases.  Thats only 12 base values you have
to learn.

Learning the color code is just like sight reading/typing.  If you are
consciously reciting a silly sentance, you are working much too hard.
Just learn to "recognize" the whole pattern.  It is really
surprisingly easy.

-wolfgang
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