12-15-2017, 11:22 PM
(10-23-2017, 03:18 PM)Fred Rocker Wrote: i bought all new caps for my gemini 2 and i'd like to change the resistors as well... but i don't know the wattage and i dont see that on the schematic...not that i can really read a schematic lol.
i've de coded all of the color bands, and i've already got some 1/4 watt resistors with the same color values but they are tiny in comparison. i thought that only resistors under 1 watt were color coded? anyways... i'll just replace the caps for now and hopefully someone will respond with an answer. thanks
resistor size isn't what it used to be. I've got 1/4 watt resistors that looks like 1/8th or 1/10 watt. things keep getting smaller. even things as archaic as axial through hole resistors.
I've seen 2 and 3 watt resistors with color codes. at some point the resistor gets big enough that its silly to put color coding for something you can just write on it.