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Offline worth

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Carbon comp brands ?
« on: August 15, 2010, 08:01:22 am »
Now that Allen Bradley has ceased producing carbon comp resistors , what brand do you guys like ? Ohmite , Xicon ? Does it matter ?

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Re: Carbon comp brands ?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2010, 08:50:11 am »
Xicons are fine.


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Re: Carbon comp brands ?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2010, 10:07:17 am »

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Re: Carbon comp brands ?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2010, 10:44:36 am »
+1 on that..Never had a problem with them....

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Re: Carbon comp brands ?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2010, 11:29:21 pm »
Most people like the Allen Bradley's because they had long leads.  I use Xicon and Ohmite all of the time, if there is a difference it is way beyond me.


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