LYCOS RETRIEVER 
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Resistors are never the exact value that the color codes indicate.Therefore manufacturers place a tolerance color band on the resistor to tell you just how accurate this resistor is made. It is simply a measurment of the imperfections. Gold means the resistor is within 5% of being dead-on accurate. Silver being within 10% and no color band being within 20%. To determine the exact range that the resistor may be, take the value of the resistor and mutiply it by 5,10, 0r 20%. That is the number that the resistor may go either way.
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Metal Oxide Resistors: The resistive element in a metal oxide resistor is formed by the process of oxidation of a chemical like tin-chloride on the ceramic substrate. Metal oxide resistors can withstand higher temperatures than metal film or carbon film resistors. They can ... better withstand short term surges.
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The tone control is comprised of a 0.1- microfarad capacitor in series with the variable resistor that is adjusted by the control knob. This network is placed directly from the red pickup lead to ground. The volume control is a simple potentiometer wired between the red pickup lead and ground with the wiper being fed to the output jack.
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The composition of the resistive film can vary from one type of resistor to another but the following description covers most type of film resistors. The ceramic (or glass) substrate is covered with a resistive material. The resulting component is effectively a relatively low ohm component. To change the component's value, the resistive film is lengthened by cutting a helical grove in it.
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The first band on a resistor is interpreted as the FIRST DIGIT of the resistor value. For the resistor shown below, the first band is yellow, so the first digit is 4:
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