1/4th vs 1/8th W resistors

[szukalski]

Just buy E6 series and fudge in series if you don't have exact values.

 

[Erik S]

I've been buying from mouser in lots of 10 (or 20 for the popular ones) but I'm annoyed at their website - they have many different models of same resistor value even of same brand, so it takes some effort to select every one. And then I find that a load of my latest batch seem to be half the size the rest...

The "easy ordering" page on the Tayda site is the shit.

Save time Easy Ordering Page for 1/4W 1% Resistors

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[psb962]

The "easy ordering" page on the Tayda site is the shit.

Save time Easy Ordering Page for 1/4W 1% Resistors

Click Here

www.taydaelectronics.com

I was warned off ordering resistors from Tayda - don't theirs have those floppy thin leads?

 

[Synchrony Pedalworks]

I was warned off ordering resistors from Tayda - don't theirs have those floppy thin leads?

I have not found the legs to be floppy or too thin. They are about the same as those resistors that I have gotten from Mouser. Now, the Amazon.com resistors are definitely floppy.

 

[Laundryroom David]

Do your leads hang low? Do the wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow?

 

[psb962]

Do your leads hang low? Do the wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow?

I guess you also have come across that toy rabbit that sings that f##king song over and over

 

[Erik S]

I was warned off ordering resistors from Tayda - don't theirs have those floppy thin leads?

In my experience all the Tayda shit-talking I’ve seen has been totally unfounded. I only shop elsewhere for stuff I can’t get from tayda.

 

[jimilee]

I was warned off ordering resistors from Tayda - don't theirs have those floppy thin leads?

They used to be about 7 or 8 years ago. They’ve since stepped up the quality.

 

[Silver Blues]

Yeah I have a few Tayda resistors from back when they were doing the thin shitty leads and mostly newer ones that are actually decent quality - the difference is staggering. I only use the older ones for breadboarding these days. Here's a comparison (top is old, bottom is new):

 

[cdwillis]

I have some Tayda resistors (Royal Ohm I think?) that have some thinner leads, but I've never felt like it was something that prevented them from being used. Most of them don't feel that thin. I always buy either 100 or 50 at a time. If you're building a bunch of pedals you know you're going to use some common values frequently like 100 ohm, 1k, 4.7k, 10k, 100k, 1m, etc. I buy 100 of those when I'm getting low. Something I may need for an oddball build (klon uses some weird ass values) I'll just buy 50 of them.

 

[Barry]

Thinner leads don't bother me, I prefer them to the ones you can barely force into place.

 

[jwin615]

I grabbed a cheap set of ceramic 1/8 with 5% from China. They worked so far, but often they are far off the labeled specs. I measure every one before loading in the PCB. Next time I grab 1/8 metal films with a tighter 1% tolerance.

I've had good luck with the 1/4 and 1/8 watt 1% metal film off AliExpress in the big combo packs.
You get every value under the sun for .0003 each.
I try to keep "be[er ones" around in common values but no hesitation in using those. Tolerance has been good.

 

[jimilee]

I have some Tayda resistors (Royal Ohm I think?) that have some thinner leads, but I've never felt like it was something that prevented them from being used. Most of them don't feel that thin. I always buy either 100 or 50 at a time. If you're building a bunch of pedals you know you're going to use some common values frequently like 100 ohm, 1k, 4.7k, 10k, 100k, 1m, etc. I buy 100 of those when I'm getting low. Something I may need for an oddball build (klon uses some weird ass values) I'll just buy 50 of them.

Early on, some of the leads were so thin, they would break either while building or later on.

 

[HamishR]

I buy all my pedal resistors from Tayda and generally order them 100 at a time. It's like buying carrots - I feel wealthy because I can afford a lot of them.