> i always thought they were a sort of a fuse / current limiting kind of
> thng
> Alok
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herbert Graf [SMTP:hgraf@BETTER.NET]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 8:03 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Zero Ohm Resistor [OT]
>
> > Hello.. Just saw that zero ohm resistors are available from Royal Ohm in
> > .125 and .25W varieties..
> >
> > but.. WHY?
>
>      They are probably used as a replacement for jumpers. It's much easier
> for a machine to place a resistor that just happens to be zero ohms than
> it
> is to place a small wire. Just my guess. TTYL