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Bottlehead Kits => Stereomour II => Topic started by: Sniffy on November 19, 2023, 02:48:34 PM

Title: Importance of resistor values
Post by: Sniffy on November 19, 2023, 02:48:34 PM

Hello,

I'm in the middle of enjoying my Stereomour II build, and I am taking it very, very slow.  I am measuring resistor values before installing, just as as an added sanity check.  The 270K ohm resistors included in my kit read 220K - 230K.  I double checked with another multimeter, thinking this might be a measurement problem, but the second multimeter reported the same.  Are these readings OK, or are the resistors mis-labelled?

Thank you from Bothell, WA!

Title: Re: Importance of resistor values
Post by: Paul Joppa on November 19, 2023, 03:19:23 PM

Are you using clip leads, or your fingers? The human body is not an insulator ...  :^)

Title: Re: Importance of resistor values
Post by: Sniffy on November 19, 2023, 05:01:26 PM

Thanks Paul, for fulfilling an item on my bucket list.  Now I know what it's like to be a conductor.

Feeling a bit silly now, but measuring without a human element is reporting spot-on resistance.