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rogerlatur
Joined: Dec 22, 2012 Posts: 118 Location: france
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:45 am Post subject:
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I have a populated PCB and I want to check resistors values.
With the colors I get completely different values than the one listed in the BOM of the project, a module I bought populated and which a couple of functions are faulty, so I decided to check the circuit.
My question: with a DVM, when the board is not powered on, do I get the exact value between the 2 legs of a resistor which is soldered or not?
Now I get other values and it confuses me even more, so I am not sure the resistor is not influenced by the circuit, even when powered off.
This is why I ask here before I turn mad. |
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PHOBoS
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:58 am Post subject:
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PHOBoS wrote: | (it should never be higher). |
Unless the board was powered not too long ago - some capacitors may still hold a charge then which is always good for some extra confusion.
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What you can try is to swap your measuring leads, when it reads the same value then you can be more sure about the readout - however it can still be lower than expected even then (when there are parallel resistors on the board). _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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rogerlatur
Joined: Dec 22, 2012 Posts: 118 Location: france
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:48 am Post subject:
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Thank you for helping me here !
Blue Hell wrote: | however it can still be lower than expected even then (when there are parallel resistors on the board). |
This is what made me wondered.
I know there is another solution, while powering the module on and measuring current + voltage, will give me the resistance. But I think I will post some pictures and ask here what you think, so that I am able to check all values relative to color codes after I got your advices. |
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rogerlatur
Joined: Dec 22, 2012 Posts: 118 Location: france
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:34 am Post subject:
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rogerlatur
Joined: Dec 22, 2012 Posts: 118 Location: france
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:56 am Post subject:
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rogerlatur
Joined: Dec 22, 2012 Posts: 118 Location: france
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:52 am Post subject:
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I unsoldered the
White Brown Orange Brown (Red)
because I want 91K not 9.1K
I wanted to put it with my 9.1K stock and replace it on the board with a 91K resistor, but first I measured it to control with my DVM. It shows 91.3K, not 9.13K !!!
I checked again in the online calculator and came to 9.13K.
I checked again the color code (on this old resistor the color is readable) and came to 9.13K.
If I take a 91K from my stock and measure it it says 90.8K (OK). It is:
White Brown Black Red (Red)
Why when I take this old unsoldered resistor
White Brown Orange Brown (Red)
and measure it it says 91.3K
It is weird!
The color code reading is very simple when colors are still readable, the measurement also with the DVM, mostly doing comparaisons to be sure (we never know !). I assume that some resistors can have wrong color codes then and this was really confusing. |
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rogerlatur
Joined: Dec 22, 2012 Posts: 118 Location: france
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:14 am Post subject:
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Update about these DIY modules that I bought "all done / complete" many years ago and never worked fine:
I simply changed all "weird" resistors. Most were completely wrong values and 2 had wrong color code indication compared to the measurements (or were faulty ?).
Anyway, the modules work now best with new resistors and the right values !
What a difference ! |
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Gaetano_AU
Joined: Oct 08, 2011 Posts: 64 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:45 pm Post subject:
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Just for reference for anyone trying to check a resistor. The best way to check its value, is to unsolder one end and lift the end up out of the PCB, it's the only way to be sure what value it is. |
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