Resistor value

[Tim Lamb]

In message [e-mail], Dave W [e-mail]> writes

20% resistors were a bit before my time but the chart demonstrates what I always thought about the apparently strange value choices.

Make a batch of carbon resistors...... test for value and designate a fit in one of the available bands. No wastage:-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Transistors in the early days. ;-)