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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Once you memorize the color code resistor checks are quick and easy. Read value multiply by usually 1.1 or .9 for %10 tolerance then touch your DMM leads to the resistor and see if it's in range...you could print off a color code chart to have on hand...there were also paper color code "calculators" with wheels with colored edges and mostly covered faces there'd be a hole in the face cover such that when the edge color was lined up a number would be in the hole in the face cover.
Speaker crossover caps are not high failure and usually not dangerous to other parts when they do fail unless you run at very high volume. Speaker crossover caps are usually non-polarized and should not be replaced a single with polarized lytic. (You can make a non-polarized lytic with 2 polarized lytics of 2x capacitance connected anti-series meaning series with the 2 positives or 2 negatives connected together).
Almost every RCA is prone to the speaker terminal rivet breaking off... just one of that brands quirks.
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once taught , you NEVER FORGET!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...code_mnemonics
The one we were "programmed" with is the 5th down on "Offensive and vulgar" list!
