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Resistor Mnemonics? #202010 01/10/05 03:21 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 130 A archbish99 OP Hack from Nowheresville
OP archbish99 Hack from Nowheresville A Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 130	I'm collecting mnemonics for the resistor color code for the class I'm TAing this semester. Here are a few I've found so far: * Beloved Brethren, Remember Our Yoke -- God Brings Victory God's Way * Big Boys Race Our Young Girls, But Violet Generally Wins * Badly Burnt Resistors On Your Ground Bus Void General Warranties There is, of course, the old and highly non-PC classic which I shall spare you. Et pour les francophones parmi nous, * Ne Mangez Rien Ou Jeuner, Voilà Bien Votre Grande Betise What else do people use? Or the highly talented word-artists here can come up with something else to help remember Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White....

Re: Resistor Mnemonics? #202011 01/10/05 05:18 PM
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Artemis Pulitzer Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,837 California fly-over country	Sorry, the one I learned was the one you won't print. I see what political correctness has done to science Artemis History is easy once you've lived it. - Duncan MacLeod Writing history is easy once you've lived it. - Artemis

Re: Resistor Mnemonics? #202012 01/10/05 05:24 PM
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Fearless Monkey Hack from Nowheresville Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 111 Aussie	oh I remember learning one of these in High school for the colour sequence, but I can't remember it now, sorry I was never one to bother with mnemonics, I figured if you're going to the trouble of remembering the mnemonic, why don't you just remember the correct information in the first place. Avatar: Michael Clarke, awesome Aussie cricket player

Re: Resistor Mnemonics? #202013 01/10/05 05:31 PM
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HatMan Pulitzer Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,569 Third star to the right and st...	I've never had to learn it (I'm a mech. e. by preference), but a quick web search turned up this page , which had these to offer (extraneous or offensive content removed): Quote Color codes resistors: From: "Aaron Jerome" It is inappropriate to teach rude and offensive nmemonics to high school students. Instead, as a class we came up with this one for the color bands on resistors. The students found it to be very memorable. "Billy Brown ran over (a) yodeling goat because Violet's granny was grumpy." From: Quentin Grady The clean variation: Bad Betty runs over your garden but Violet Gray won't. From: Lawrence R Glickman Big boys race our young girls, but violet generally wins ( color code for resistors ) Black brown red yellow blue violet, and then the tolerance ( silver or gold ) From: Dave Woodman "Billy Brown Revives On Your Gin, But Values Good Whisky." From: Fritz Lowrey Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts, But Vodka Goes Well From: Mike Nalbone Blackberry Brandy Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well. From: Grant Edwards Better Be Ready, Or Your Great Big Venture Goes West. (goes west = fails, dies) From: M. Knell My eternal favourite (and the one that nobody's mentioned yet): Black Beetles Running On Your Garden Bring Very Good Weather From: Suzanne Sarlette/Gerald Pearson Here's a G rated British mnemonic for the resistor color code: Bye bye Rosie, off you go, Bristol via Great Western. From: Thomas Quinot French version : Ne Mangez Rien Ou Jeunez, Voila Bien Votre Grande Betise. From: Quentin Grady I prefer rhymes for individual colours black hero ... zero brown bun ... one red shoe ... two. orange tree ... three yellow door ... four (picture + rhyme) is equivalent to having random access. From: Dilip The one I know has some extra words in it to make it a sentence. It goes like... B. B. ROY of Great Britain has a Very Good Wife. From: David Montag Beloved Brethren Remember Our Yoke God Brings Victory God's Way Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White "Bowling Balls Roll Over Your Grandpa But Victim Gets Well " "Busy boys rest on Yale ground, but Vassar girls work." "Batman Bests Robin On Yonder Gotham Bridge; Very Good, Will Get Superman Next!" From: Mike Hammerschlag? came up with this for a contest: "Badly burnt resistors on your ground bus void general warrantee". From: Steven Minichiello Black Boys Race Our Young Gents, But Victor Generally Wins. Of course, the other possibility is to learn ROY G BIV (the colors of the rainbow), pull out indigo, and stick "Black, Brown, ... Grey, White" on the ends. <shrug> It's basically just the visible spectrum. Paul When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.

Re: Resistor Mnemonics? #202014 01/11/05 05:39 PM
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Ank. K. S. Top Banana Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,441 Likes: 1 Dublin, Ireland	I remember in High School, we used the following mnemonic... B B ROY goes to Great Britain to find a Very Good Wife If she had to move heaven and Earth, perhaps come back to haunt Perry and explain the story after they'd killed her, she would do it. Waking a Miracle by Aria

Re: Resistor Mnemonics? #202015 01/11/05 05:47 PM
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YellowDartVader Top Banana Y Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,133	I'm a BME with a EE sequence, but surprisingly, I never learned any mneumonic for the resistor stripe values. I always looked at a chart :p . I am curious to know the un PC one, though. - Laura Laura "The Yellow Dart" U. (Alicia U. on the archive) "A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." -- Christopher Reeve

Re: Resistor Mnemonics? #202016 01/11/05 05:57 PM
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HatMan Pulitzer Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,569 Third star to the right and st...	Laura, the un-PC one is among the ones on the page I linked to above. If you want to see it, you can scroll around there. (Text search for "boys" should bring it up quickly enough.) Paul When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.

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