Resistor Color Code Drawer Labels

[Guest]

I don't have any difficulty remembering the resistor color code. Many
people do, however. While working for a company about a dozen years ago
I had planned to create some color labels for the resistor drawers in
the company proto lab. The lab drawers were a random mess of values, and
it would require a big effort to clean up the chaos. I left the task for
a rainy day.

Not long after, however, I decided to move my own collection of
resistors from a multi-bin container to a set of drawers. I created the
color labels that I had intended to use for work and labeled the
drawers. That was about 10 years ago. I still have the drawers, but the
labels have, after a decade, faded. So I decided to relabel the drawers.
The color labels make it really easy to confirm resistor values when
putting components into the drawers.

I created several .pdf files of the "24" series (5%) and they are here
for anyone who may find them useful.

Got to: http://www.usbmicro.com/odn/index.html and scroll down to the
"Misc Applications" section and pick the article called "resistor drawer
labels". The seven .pdf files are there. The article has a picture of
the old and new labels. If your drawers use only 12 values per decade,
then disregard the odd labels.

I hope that this is useful to someone. The colorful drawers certainly
brighten my lab.

As a side note I have a label on the side of each drawer that lists the
1% resistor values. This isn't in color (no need for that much work).
The 1% values are in the drawers in labeled 2" by 3" bags, while the 5%
values are loose in the drawer. This has served me well.

-Rob
www.usbmicro.com

 

[Venom8]

They look great, can you provide the label sheet number that corresponds to
the file? That way I can load up the printer and just print.
TIA

 

[Jack Smith]

I created several .pdf files of the "24" series (5%) and they are here
for anyone who may find them useful.

Got to: http://www.usbmicro.com/odn/index.html and scroll down to the
"Misc Applications" section and pick the article called "resistor drawer
labels". The seven .pdf files are there. The article has a picture of
the old and new labels. If your drawers use only 12 values per decade,
then disregard the odd labels.

Nice and thanks. However, the 100K file is missing, as the 100K index
points to the 100 file.

Jack

 

[Guest]

They look great, can you provide the label sheet number that corresponds to
the file? That way I can load up the printer and just print.
TIA

This was done on a sheet that was one big label. In other words: an 8
1/2" by 11" label. I use sheets of this type to create front panel
graphics - nearly any shape (within the bounds of paper size) can be
developed.

 

[DarkMatter]

Nice and thanks. However, the 100K file is missing, as the 100K index
points to the 100 file.

Jack

They are lame. They take up too much room on the drawer front, and
leave no space for in house part numbers or any other data.

They show no information on wattage or type of resistor, nor provide
space for such information to be marked in.

I have kids that could do a better job... by far.

Let alone the fact that 5% values are lame for most control
circuits.

I guess it is OK for the home tech. Any tech in a real business
would want a 1% array, and a proviso for much much more data on the
placards.

Businesses also tend to use bins, and multiple values in each bin,
so standing placards would be used to separate values.

It's a nice idea, and a good start, but a lot is left to be desired.

There are six band resistors out there as well. This system would
be a lot more useful if it were more comprehensive and flexible.

It was a good shot, but that old wooden ship sank from the leaks,
before the cannonball ever even hit.

 

[Guest]

Nice and thanks. However, the 100K file is missing, as the 100K index
points to the 100 file.

Jack

Thanks Jack. I fixed the typo.

 

[Guest]

They are lame. They take up too much room on the drawer front, and
leave no space for in house part numbers or any other data.

I guess you want a refund? I didn't say that this would be a solution
that would suit everyone's needs. My intent was to share the files for
anyone who might also find them useful. I created them for my specific
needs and thought that others might find them useful. If they help
anyone, it was worth my personal time to post them. If they don't meet
your criteria - too bad.

They show no information on wattage or type of resistor, nor provide
space for such information to be marked in.

I have kids that could do a better job... by far.

Good for you. I know people that can be even more condecending and
rude... by far.

It was a good shot, but that old wooden ship sank from the leaks,
before the cannonball ever even hit.

I'm not sure what you expect. But this obviously doesn't meet your
needs. So be it. I shared what I did. I made no promises that it would
suit every users expectations.

I labeled only my prototype resistor bins. The colorful labels certainly
are not appropriate for the SMT devices that I have, etc.

Again: To everyone (except DarkMatter) if it suits your needs you can
use them. If it falls short of your needs and you find fault in the
labels - don't use them. I don't apologize for not making them anything
other than what I wanted.

-Rob

 

[John Fields]

I guess you want a refund? I didn't say that this would be a solution
that would suit everyone's needs. My intent was to share the files for
anyone who might also find them useful. I created them for my specific
needs and thought that others might find them useful. If they help
anyone, it was worth my personal time to post them. If they don't meet
your criteria - too bad.

---
Dark Matter is an insolent son of a bitch who fancies himself as having
an opinion worth posting when, in fact, very little of what he has to
say is worth more than a passing glance. So far he has placed himself
in a position where he is reviled by almost everyone here and in the
other newsgroups into which he dumps his shit. Pay no attention to him,
he is nothing but an argumentative troll.

 

[Walter Harley]

Dark Matter is [...] Pay no attention to him,
he is nothing but an argumentative troll.

It's pretty amusing: I long ago kill-filed DM, so now all I see is the
responses to his trolls. Sometimes it takes me a few minutes to realize
what people are all riled up about...

-w

 

[DarkMatter]

I guess you want a refund? I didn't say that this would be a solution
that would suit everyone's needs. My intent was to share the files for
anyone who might also find them useful. I created them for my specific
needs and thought that others might find them useful. If they help
anyone, it was worth my personal time to post them. If they don't meet
your criteria - too bad.

I could do better inside of ten minutes.

 

[DarkMatter]

Good for you. I know people that can be even more condecending and
rude... by far.

No, you do not, you retarded twit.

 

[DarkMatter]

Dark Matter is [...] Pay no attention to him,
he is nothing but an argumentative troll.

It's pretty amusing: I long ago kill-filed DM, so now all I see is the
responses to his trolls. Sometimes it takes me a few minutes to realize
what people are all riled up about...

They are utter idiots. As is yourself.

 

[DarkMatter]

If this is an example of a post that you feel if worth posting, you
should go jump off a tall bridge.

when, in fact, very little of what he has to
say is worth more than a passing glance.

Said the troll ****.

So far he has placed himself
in a position where he is reviled by almost everyone here and in the
other newsgroups into which he dumps his shit.

You are dumping shit. I and others revile you. You are a troll
fuk.

Pay no attention to him,

Why? I am not behind a curtain.

he is nothing but an argumentative troll.

You are nothing... period.

 

[Frank Bemelman]

<[email protected]> schreef in bericht

[snip]

I hope that this is useful to someone. The colorful drawers certainly
brighten my lab.

We love to see labs, in particular the bright ones! Pictures can
be uploaded in alt.binaries.schematics.electronic

Labels are nice too, thanks.

 

[C G]

DarkMatter wrote:
<nothing worth quoting>

Does your daddy know you are trolling with his computer again? Put the
keyboard away DM and go sit in the corner like your mommy told you to.

 

[John Fields]

If this is an example of a post that you feel if worth posting, you
should go jump off a tall bridge.



Said the troll ****.


You are dumping shit. I and others revile you. You are a troll
fuk.


Why? I am not behind a curtain.


You are nothing... period.

 

[DarkMatter]

DarkMatter wrote:
<nothing worth quoting>

Does your daddy know you are trolling with his computer again? Put the
keyboard away DM and go sit in the corner like your mommy told you to.

More retarded, baby bullshit from the peanut gallery. You are about
as mature as a fresh turd.

You were probably still in diapers when I administered my first
network.

 

[C G]

More retarded, baby bullshit from the peanut gallery. You are about
as mature as a fresh turd.

You were probably still in diapers when I administered my first
network.

More ravings from the neighborhood loonie. One more for the filter
list...

 

[Freddo Frog]

Just forget about DickNoMatter. He is the epitome of a lamebrained,
loudmouthed idiot.
The labels are great for prototype stock, and would work really well with
apprentice techies.

 

[David Utidjian]

I could do better inside of ten minutes.

Wonderful! Perhaps you can take a few minutes (mebbe 10?) and make a
better color-coded labeling system and share it... so we may all bask in
the brilliance of your genius.

-DU-...etc...