Have you ever used resistor color codes at work?
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I first learned it in electronics class in high school.
Our teacher taught us: Black Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly.
The next time I needed it was during a tele-data course I took at the hall, they used it to identify the colors in those large cables with 100 pairs.
Our teacher taught us: Black Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly.
The next time I needed it was during a tele-data course I took at the hall, they used it to identify the colors in those large cables with 100 pairs.
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We use resistors for 4-20ma loops all the time but all the ones we get now just have the info printed on them and don't use the color bands anymore.
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Use them all the time for fire alarm work. I went to school for electronics before I accidentally fell into the electrical trade. Knowing my resistor color code saves me a step. Instead of pulling out the meter to check like the other guys do I just read the colors. In school they taught us the little saying Hack Work posted to remember it. I still use that today.
I pretwist and then use wire nuts. Solder pots rule.
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We did it Behind Victory Garden Walls,,,, and for tolerances it was Get Started Now.99cents said:
"Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls,, Get Started Now."
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In 43 years never, not once.
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I use it a lot more than I ever thought I would.
Never forgot that saying, never will.
Never forgot that saying, never will.
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Cable pair color code, tip side - white, red, black, yellow, violet. While running backwards you vomit.
Ring side - blue, orange, green, brown, slate. I don't remember if there was a saying to go along with it. Easier to just remember the colors.
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Yes, we use resistors in our high speed counter modules and I've had few other occasions to use them too.
Knowing your color code can be helpful especially when someone mixes all the resistors up and you need to quickly sort though and find what you need; however, I still test with meter once I've made my selection just to make sure (sometimes the colors are tricky or my eyes aren't what they used to be).
I learned "Bad Boys Ravage Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly". :laughing:
Knowing your color code can be helpful especially when someone mixes all the resistors up and you need to quickly sort though and find what you need; however, I still test with meter once I've made my selection just to make sure (sometimes the colors are tricky or my eyes aren't what they used to be).
I learned "Bad Boys Ravage Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly". :laughing:
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Same here... OELs.
The one I learned for ring side was: blue sky, orange sun, green grass, slate side walk. Slate thing was weird but the teacher lived in some town with slate sidewalks, I think that alone helps me.
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Funny this came up, never used this in 25 years since I learned it, until last week when one of my techs needed to ID a resistor in a breaker. I said "Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls, Get Started Now."
He asks, WTF does that mean, my reply "I don't remember, go look it up"
He asks, WTF does that mean, my reply "I don't remember, go look it up"
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