[sdiy] tempcos

[Ian Fritz]

At 06:48 PM 6/6/2004, Ken Stone wrote:
> >
> >>actually it is very easy to tell. Connect you multimeter across the 
> resistor
> >>- read the value, then hold the thing over the soldering iron and watch if
> >>it changes!
> >>
> >>Ken
> >
> >Right.  But you can't tell what the coefficient is that way. So no way to
> >know if it is useful or not.
>
>It lets you know if it's worth hitting the databooks to find out more
>details or not though, and that can save a lot of time.
>
>Ken

Agreed!  Plus, it's not *too* difficult to measure the tempco if you have 
some experience in scientific measurement and instrumentation.