25Jun02 EE

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 10:41 am

So... is that a 1K? resistor with a +/-5% tolerance or a 102D semi-conductor diode?

Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 12:41 pm

Exactly right, A! It's a 1k +/- 5% resistor. Pretty much the workhorse of low-current EE, really, since one volt at one kilo-ohm is one miliamp. I think LEDs need about 22mA, for reference, so with the diode-drop of .6v.

WolfFur · Post by **WolfFur** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 9:27 pm

allan_ecker wrote:Exactly right, A! It's a 1k +/- 5% resistor. Pretty much the workhorse of low-current EE, really, since one volt at one kilo-ohm is one miliamp. I think LEDs need about 22mA, for reference, so with the diode-drop of .6v.

I had spaghetti for supper.

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 9:54 am

"Spaghetti" as in working out an electrical-wire mess of "spaghetti," or are you speaking literally, and saying that you understand nothing of what's being said? (As for myself, I understand the basics, but I yearn to learn how to make such things so well-known that I rattle them off as Allan has.)