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Title: 160k & 6k2 resistors: not standard?
Post by: dacaumodo on August 08, 2006, 01:51:00 PM
that's what the guys at my local electronics shop told me to explain they don't stock it. Are those values so rare? Pity, I need them for my Green Ringer build....

Sorry for an admittedly boring post...
Title: Re: 160k & 6k2 resistors: not standard?
Post by: Somicide on August 08, 2006, 01:58:05 PM
try the "Standard" online sources, but make sure you stock up on some other stuff, too, or the shipping won't quite balance out.  Mouser, jameco, and Small Bear are where I buy my parts and it's worth it.  Everything arrived promptly (Small Bear ships from Brooklyn, I live in Central California, I ordered monday and got the parts before friday) and the service is great!
Title: Re: 160k & 6k2 resistors: not standard?
Post by: Seljer on August 08, 2006, 02:20:37 PM
Hook up multiple resistors in parallel/series if you can't get a specific value (4.7k + 1.5k or 1.2k in series = about 6.2k)

Or just go for the closest available value (160k -> 150k)
Title: Re: 160k & 6k2 resistors: not standard?
Post by: Torchy on August 08, 2006, 03:00:03 PM
They ARE standard values, on the E24 decade scale (as in 24 logarithmic steps on the decade scale).

http://www.logwell.com/tech/components/resistor_values.html (http://www.logwell.com/tech/components/resistor_values.html)

Title: Re: 160k & 6k2 resistors: not standard?
Post by: dacaumodo on August 08, 2006, 06:16:19 PM
Thanks guys
Guillaume
Title: Re: 160k & 6k2 resistors: not standard?
Post by: newfish on August 09, 2006, 04:25:00 AM
I also couldn't find these values for a Green Ringer - I used a 150K for the 160K, and guessed that a 6K8 would be OK for a 6K2, since the values stated on the bands are not absolute.  Incidentally, my GR works perfectly with these values (thanks to Forum Member's Transistor knowledge...)
Title: Re: 160k & 6k2 resistors: not standard?
Post by: dacaumodo on August 09, 2006, 06:19:27 AM
Thanks newfish. Will do this then.

Cheers
Guillaume