I've been using these voltage regulator setups and one type has a standard ceramic film 10 ohm 5% resistor and I think its 1/8 watt on this LM317T another one of these setups (and the one in question) has a slightly different resistor on the adjuster pin, and looks like a 6.8 ohm (Blue grey gold gold) but why is it PINK? and am I reading that correctly? is it a metal film? or just flame proof coating?
and lastly, just to make sure, am I looking at a 1/8 watt or a 1/4 watt? and does it make a difference in this particular case? I basically want to make more of these configurations for 12V uses powering LEDs.
the 6.8 ohm one measures around 3mm so its kinda safe to assume its a 1/8 watt?
Here's the image for reference
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/EVeRcyCLinG/004 OSS SHOOT/IMG00159-20100327-2025.jpg
Thanks for your help!
and lastly, just to make sure, am I looking at a 1/8 watt or a 1/4 watt? and does it make a difference in this particular case? I basically want to make more of these configurations for 12V uses powering LEDs.
the 6.8 ohm one measures around 3mm so its kinda safe to assume its a 1/8 watt?
Here's the image for reference
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/EVeRcyCLinG/004 OSS SHOOT/IMG00159-20100327-2025.jpg
Thanks for your help!