I am doing a project that requires me to solder resistors to a circuit board. Does it matter which way the colors are pointed?
It says get the brown, black,red colored resistor. Do the resistor colors go left to right or does it matter?
2007-12-30 09:27:39 · 7 answers · asked by Flashuni 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Does not matter - the colors just tell what the resistance and tolerance is.
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2007-12-30 09:32:12 · answer #1 · answered by Who Dares Wins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Resistors have no polarity, so they work fine in either direction, BUT you want your circuit to be readable, so it is good practice to pick a direction and go with it, that way you can just read your stripes without having to flip the thing around in hand or in head.
2007-12-30 09:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by Liz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it matters!
Altho it doesn't matter which way you solder it in, it matters which way you read it when you "get the brown, black, red colored resistor"
The colors should be printed more to one end than the other. Read them left to right, from the end nearest to where they are printed.
2007-12-30 09:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by Roger M 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't matter at all. Take water running through a hose from a water tank for example, (the hose is the resistor as it restricts water flow). It won't matter it you insert the hose one way or the other, the water flowing through it is the same.
2007-12-30 09:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by gammawolf_rsn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
resistor direction does not matter
2007-12-30 09:31:48 · answer #5 · answered by Chris Z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! Resistors have no polarity.
2007-12-30 09:34:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't matter. There's no polarity involved whatsoever.
2007-12-30 09:31:00 · answer #7 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋