[DKinYORKpa]

On my Philco 18, resistor #35 is a 100K. It measures 465K. It's colors are about half yellow/half white, no dot. What do those colors denote? The other 100K resistor has the correct white-white-orange.

[TA Forbes]

Philco often used resistors that were "close to" the value stated on the schematic. This often leads to confusion when under the chassis.

Example: Schematic 50K, actual resistor is green-brown-orange dot. (51K)

Schematic .5 meg, actual is yellow-white-yellow.

Schematic: .1 meg, actual is white-white-orange dot.

[DKinYORKpa]

Yes, I follow you, but what do you think my colors denote? Half the body is yellow and half is white.

[TA Forbes]

Sounds like a 490K that had too much of the tip painted.

No dot means the "dot" is the same color as the body.

[DKinYORKpa]

Well, #35 is supposed to be 100K. I'm concerned about an undocumented change.

[Ron Ramirez]

Put the new 100K in already in place of the old (35), take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

[codefox1]

+1 Coated asprin if over 55.

[DKinYORKpa]

take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

That's all in good fun, right? And not "quit bothering us with every little issue".

[Ron Ramirez]

Of course, it was meant in fun.

I assure you, it's no bother at all - that's why we're here, to help good folks like you out in any way we can.

[DKinYORKpa]

it was meant in fun

Thanks.

[TA Forbes]

DK:
I'm self taught. 25 years in USMC grunt and Recon units did not afford me much in electronic education, although it did give me a good education in shortwave propagation. BUT I had an innate sense of what I knew and did not know, and how and where to go to learn what I did not know.

My point is, you get smarter by finding "real deal" radio-men and being worthy of their company. AND read! There is a wealth of stuff out there that helps rock-apes like me learn how to be better at radios.

We ALL asked dum questions early in our radio-hobby adventure. ALL of us!!!

AND your questions are neither dumb nor are they tedious. Do continue to ask them!!

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[DKinYORKpa]

This mystery resistor has been resolved. While the 18 code 121 shows resistor #35 to be .1 meg, that same resistor on the code 124 is .5 meg. So, while mine is a code 121, for whatever reason, #35 was a .5 meg. I'm going to make it a .5 meg, although someone more leaned than me explained it this way:

35 is definitely not a critical value. Along with a capacitor this is just part of an anti-hum filter for the bias voltage coming in to the 2nd detector. I suspect you would have a hard time telling any difference all the way from 47K to 1 Meg. If it was too low you might get some audio hum.

Now I won't need those 2 aspirins!