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Oswin

Oswin asked in Family & Relationships Singles & Dating · 6 years ago

Why are resistors marked with a tolerance value?

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josh
6 years ago
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Thats the max voltage they can handle and resist reliably. Usually if you go over that value they burn up. By the way you posted this in the relationship section

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