Members denimboy Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 I'm buying parts to build this dual loop stomp box http://www.musicgearsource.com/colkv1.html. They say I need 3 x 4.7k resistors. I'm buying the others parts on http://www.effectsconnection.com Are they the Carbon or Metal ones ? I also need to know what type of wire I need. This is my first DIY project and I'm not very familiar with all this. Your help is very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L_Z_nut Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 The resistor don't matter. Metal film is said to be less noisy, but in an application like this I don't think it really matters. For wire I'd go with smallbears #22 or #24 pre-tinned wire. It's great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 Resistors don't matter for LEDs. You are powering the LEDs with 9v, and most LEDs only need about 1.3 volts (will actually burn out with more than 2.0v or so) The resistors serve to cut the voltage down (since the LEDs use so little current, 1/4w resistors are fine). The cheap carbon ones are perfect for this, no need to get expensive resistors. As for wire, get whatever, somewhere between 20 and 24 ga. is probably best. Stranded is better than solid. Pre-tinned wire is great for getting started but not that necessary (you can do it yourself, just strip about 1.5cm of wire and apply a thin coat of solder to it, this is called "tinning" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty Belle Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 just get regular carbon film resistors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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