Dan0h
Well-known member
So this is odd, I checked some of my resisitors today and not just one pink baggie but several pink baggies from different orders, every single 470 ohm resistor measuread in the 390 ohm range. For one bag to be off I could understand but for 3 different bags to be off from different orders has got me scratching my head. This applies to two bags of Metal and one bag of Carbons, very strange.
About a year ago I stoped DMM'ing all my resistors as I build. But now I am thinking, how many of my builds this last year that used 470 Ohm Resistors really hae 390 Ohm's in their place. thats a 16% swing, The issue is that I don't really know what I am missing (if anything) as I am sure older resistors in older pedals may have drifted by 16% or even more.
Anyway, just wanted to throw that out there and see if anyone else has run into this. Can someone check their tayda 470 Ohms and see if they read 390 Ohm?
About a year ago I stoped DMM'ing all my resistors as I build. But now I am thinking, how many of my builds this last year that used 470 Ohm Resistors really hae 390 Ohm's in their place. thats a 16% swing, The issue is that I don't really know what I am missing (if anything) as I am sure older resistors in older pedals may have drifted by 16% or even more.
Anyway, just wanted to throw that out there and see if anyone else has run into this. Can someone check their tayda 470 Ohms and see if they read 390 Ohm?
Last edited: