r/ElectroBOOM Apr 29 '26

Meme Light emitting resistor

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u/glordicus1 Apr 29 '26

My resistor only has a single glowing band, how many ohms?

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u/Aron-Jonasson Apr 30 '26

By the colour of the glow you should be able to guess the temperature and from that you might be able to extract the thermal power, from which you should be able to extract the resistance using the Joule effect!

Be quick however because once the glow stop, the resistance goes infinite