Re: End of Line Resistor - Are they a standard design?

[Mike Sokoly <secure15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Crash Gordon wrote:
> Resistors can be gotten from any electronics supplier. Sometimes you can't
> get the exact spot on value and have to fudge it a bit, but unless its a
> really weird resistor you should be able to find replacement.
>

Remember that 4th band on the resisitor? Gold/Silver/None?
You can get pretty close, then if your not exact: remember to look at
the tolerance band: +/- 5%, 10%, 20% then do the math- if your intended
value falls within the +/- % spec you're good to go!
Mike S.
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> "Richard Faulkner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9PRkbCIRcSPDFwp6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Hi,
> |
> | Manchester - England.
> |
> | I have had a fire alarm / smoke detection system fitted to a block of 7
> | flats, but it doesnt yet work. The installer is saying that he cannot
> | get an end of line resistor from the supplier who is waiting for them to
> | be delivered, (this has gone on for several weeks now).
> |
> | I have asked if the resistor can be obtained from somewhere else and he
> | says that it cant.
> |
> | Am I right in thinking that this must be a simple thing to obtain, or is
> | it likely to be a resistor unique to the system?
> |
> | Any help appreciated as I think I am being blagged - although I cant
> | imagine why.
> |
> | --
> | Richard Faulkner
>
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