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Resistor colour codes

"Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly - Get Some Now":
· In ascending resistor value order:
Black: 0
Brown: 1
Red: 2
Orange: 3
Yellow: 4
Green: 5
Blue: 6
Violet: 7
Grey: 8
White: 9
Gold: 5%
Silver: 10%
None: 20%
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Visible spectrum colors in order

ROY G. BIV
· In order from low end of spectrum:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Alternatively: "Richard Of York Gained Battles In Vain" (Richard III was an English king defeated in 1485).
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Ohm's Law

"Virgins Are Rare":
Volts = Amps x Resistance
· Note: can then rearrange to more common form Resistance = Volts / Amps.
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Ideal gas law

"Pure Virgins Never Really Tire":
PV=nRT
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Electric units

"Vaulting John Says: 'Ann Can Sing OVA'. What Just Sing? And Vault.":
Volts = Joules/Sec
Amps = Coulombs/Sec
Ohms = Volts/Amp
Watts = Joules/Sec=Amps x Volts
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---Sabra

Ideal gas law [for All My Children fans]

"Pine Valley is Not Real Time"
PV=nRt
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---Sabra

Work: formula

"Lots of Work gets me Mad!":
Work = Mad:
M=Mass
a=acceleration
d=distance
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---Fox Man