[sdiy] really basic question .. tolerance

[Tim Ressel]

Yes Ian, the tolerance is the guaranteed maximum
deviation of the stated value. Keep in mind this does
not include temco... tolerance is usually spec'd at
25C

--Tim

--- Ian Fritz <ijfritz at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Um ... I still have a question.
> 
> When I buy a 1% resistor is its value guaranteed to
> be within 1%, or is it 
> just that some point on the statistical distribution
> ( the 2-sigma point or 
> whatever) is at 1%?
> 
> I've always assumed the former, but is
> this correct?
> 
>    Ian
> 
> 
> At 04:34 PM 1/18/2003, harrybissell wrote:
> >Yep... I'm in
> >
> >H^) harry
> >
> >John L Marshall wrote:
> >
> > > We all agree. I think.
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > John
> > > www.sound-photo.com
> 


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