[sdiy] how to tell metal film resistors?

[René Schmitz]

Am 26.04.2015 um 16:35 schrieb Michael Zacherl:
> Hi, it's a basic question, but actually, I don't know the answer:
> Say I grab an arbitrary resistor from the mixed parts bin, how can I tell if its carbon or metal film?
> Or I get resistors from ebay, and want to verify that all is good as ordered?

The body color is different: Carbons are light brown, and MFR light 
blue. Wirewound are green.

Don't know if that is universal though, but in my mixed bin it works.

Cheers,
  René

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