Thanks for the tips. Strangely, I drove right past Axman at about 5 pm this afternoon and didn't notice it. I definitely would have stopped. But it's only about 8 minutes from my house, so I can go any time. Mike On Sat, 11 May 2019, eminmn wrote: > Here's ax-man's site: > https://www.ax-man.com/pages/contact-us > > pix and circuit diag are here for a simple aaa-9v battery tester: > http://avtanski.net/projects/battery_tester/schematics.html > > It looks like the cost will be whatever you pay for the milliammeter, > maybe $5 at axman. > > Ed > > On 5/11/2019 20:01, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> Skip MC. >> >> Axman. >> >> There are three locations, one is near MC. I get my resistors en masse from > them. >> — >> Ryan >> >>> On May 11, 2019, at 7:34 PM, Clug <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >>> >>> They definitely have resistors. What I don't remember if they have is > individual resistors or if you have to get a pack of like a thousand random > resistors... >>> >>> On Sat, 11 May 2019, Mike Miller wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Clug! Someone at Free Geek told me in very certain terms that > Micro Center would not have resistors, but their webpage seems to be telling > me he was wrong. So thanks for that tip. >>>> >>>> Another thing -- after reading the comments on the video I shared, I > think battery testing might be a little more complicated and I need to have > more resistors. I need to do more reading! It's OK, though, because I'm > trying to learn a little about electronics, mostly just to be more generally > knowledgable. >>>> >>>> If anyone can recommend a good basic intro electronics book, I'm > interested. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, 11 May 2019, Clug wrote: >>>> >>>>> Microcenter might have them, but if you're near Shoreview I can give you > one (; >>>>> On Sat, 11 May 2019, Mike Miller wrote: >>>>>> Does anyone have a resistor they don't need or know a local place where > I >>>>> can >>>>>> buy one? I only need one, and it doesn't have to be exactly 100 ohm. I >>>>> hate >>>>>> to buy 100 of them for $6, but maybe that's the only way. I asked at > Free Geek and they said they never have them. >>>>>> I only need it because I want to use it for testing batteries, as shown > in this video: >>>>>> How To Test Standard AA, AAA, D, C, and 9V Batteries with a Multimeter >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcikzMG7mMU >>>>>> Any advice would be appreciated. >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> Mike >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >