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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: resistor continuity |
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If you place the probes of an ohm meter at each end of a resistor, would you show continuity regardless if the resistior is or isn"t installed in the circuit board? Can I assume that if there is no continuity that the resistor is bad? Thanks for your time and advice. |
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vtech
Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1264 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: |
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A resistor is only a passive device and should be measured OUT of the circuit for exact value. Depending on it's value, you would read something on the meter, unless you happen to have a very high value (several megaohm) resistor that is out of the range of most meters & may not register anything.
Suggest learning about how to read color codes. This way you will know the actuall value & can use a meter as a "spot check" to verify before removing from circuit.
You can even use any of the online calculators for practice.
http://www.dannyg.com/examples/res2/resistor.htm
http://www.ealnet.com/m-eal/resistor/resistor.htm |
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