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Default Help reading 5-band resistor?

On Sun, 24 May 2009 10:41:43 -0700, Readily Visible
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I have a resistor in an analog VOM meter that I suspect is bad. It is
exclusive to the 1x ohm scale, which is now reading as if it were the
1000x ohm scale.

The color bands are as follows:

Red
Grey
Violet
Gold
Red


287 / 10 (e.g. 28.7) at 2% tolerance.

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Rich Webb Norfolk, VA