Kinda funny and kinda cool video RESISTORS INDIA - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Kiwi_frog
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2013, 11:06:59 pm
content: This Video shows how a factory in Bangalore india make resistors almost completely by hand. It does seam a archaic way to work in our modern environment. However I'd say there are very few if any faulty parts. It does start a little odd, but gets betterThe dipping of the legs in molten solder seams a risky practicehttp://youtu.be/C8mc6bKKkJQMike.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2013, 11:34:01 pm
content: When I see stands for resistor and other passives companies at trade shows I feel kinda sorry for them - how excited can you get about a resistor...?

author: Rufus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2013, 11:48:22 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on October 10, 2013, 11:34:01 pmHad a Wurth rep in today - how excited can you get about inductors and ferrite beads? They now do a line of small LEDs. A side firing 0805 package was about as exciting as it got.Surprisingly they helped fund a guy to finish off his book on LTspice and now sell ithttp://www.we-online.com/web/en/electronic_components/produkte_pb/fachbuecher/Trilogie_1.php

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2013, 11:57:30 pm
content: Wurth makes high-current SMT power inductors with values and FR I can't find elsewhere... That's useful, if not exciting.

author: niflheimer
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 12:06:43 am
content: Any little part can be fun and exciting... just put them into something like mike's destructotron and there you go

author: Alexei.Polkhanov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:06:32 am
content: I felt like a video from 1830s England. My friend from ABB said something like "we can make everything 10 times better and 10 times faster and 10 times cheaper but we cannot sell it to people who want "hand made by virgins" sticker on their stuff".

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:19:28 am
content: If it allows you to feed your children it may be very exciting.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:22:29 am
content: Quote from: zapta on October 11, 2013, 01:19:28 amand its amazing still lots of people failed to realize this.

author: elgonzo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:41:47 am
content: Quote from: BravoV on October 11, 2013, 01:22:29 amEnsuring good education for my kid(s) is quite important.Still, i found the paperwork for school enrollment not exciting at all, even though it is for the benefit of my children.Is something wrong with me?

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:45:55 am
content: You'd be amazed at how exciting resistors can be. There is all kinds of specialty resistors. Zero indactance , thin film thick film , fusables, low noise, low tempco , overload resistors, flashover resistors , bifilar wound resistors

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:51:59 am
content: Yes, I will shameless admit I can be excited by resistors from time to time.

author: elgonzo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:52:33 am
content: Quote from: free_electron on October 11, 2013, 01:45:55 amLet's not forget light bulbs. They were (and perhaps still are) also used as resistors...

author: Sar
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:53:55 am
content: All axial resistors are lead free, but gods bless you if you buy one of our radial resistors!

author: elgonzo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 01:55:20 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on October 11, 2013, 01:51:59 amYou don't think aboutresistor porn, don't you?

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 02:39:19 am
content: Don't forget resistors with negative resistance:http://www.cheniere.org/misc/chung.htm

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 02:43:46 am
content: Quote from: elgonzo on October 11, 2013, 01:55:20 amBahahahahaha...

author: elgonzo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 03:22:16 am
content: Quote from: Wytnucls on October 11, 2013, 02:39:19 amNow i get excited about resistors, too.*giddy,giddy*

author: Dave
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 03:47:18 am
content: Low tempco wirewound resistors featuring an Ayrton-Perry winding. How can you not find that exciting?

author: Alexei.Polkhanov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 02:06:57 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on October 11, 2013, 01:22:29 amThere we go ... Modern age Luddites(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite) Perhaps we should learn how to control population on this planet not how to exploit surplus labor force in humiliating, dumb manual work?CNN report on issue:http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/19/jobs-and-population-controlling-population/.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2013, 08:20:22 pm
content: I built a DAC when I was 13 from resistors. It sounded like a radio that was off station. I bought some 1% resistors and rebuilt it and it worked. I got excited about those resistors.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 05:50:37 am
content: Me as well, using the parallel port of my PC. Worked well enough so later I bought my first CDROM drive ( 2x with a caddy and it came with a SB16 ISA card as well) which had a big feature of recording, and a built in amplifier.

author: Balaur
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 06:32:51 am
content: Yep, me too. The good oldCovox Speech Thing. Worked wonders until I got enough money for a real sound card.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 08:16:23 am
content: Quote from: Alexei.Polkhanov on October 11, 2013, 02:06:57 pmC'mon, that sounds so arrogant, especially you're now a Canadian I presumed and also after reading your very fine post ->HereI bet you just can not afford to even think of these words above, if somehow you're still stuck there as a piss poor ruskii in a small town at nowhere doing a low wages and low tech manual job like those Indian ladies.

author: IntegratedValve
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 06:37:17 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on October 11, 2013, 01:51:59 amI can always be "excited" by resistors after looking at thishttp://electricstuff.co.uk/electrofun.html

author: TerminalJack505
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 06:53:00 pm
content: I didn't see a single pair of safety glasses in that entire video.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 08:34:32 pm
content: India, has a different interpretation as to safety equipment................Remember that the Chinese are outsourcing labour intensive work to there now as it is cheaper.

author: Alex
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 11:41:51 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on October 10, 2013, 11:34:01 pmOne person's component is another person's system. Let's not forget the shoe box of salvaged resistors we all had as kids - exhilarating stuff.Alex.

author: Alexei.Polkhanov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2013, 08:20:10 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on October 12, 2013, 08:16:23 amI don't exactly understand your position here. Try to answer questions like:0. How much these resistors are worth on market and how they can still compete with manual labor?1. Are there notion of minimum wage in place where they work. Is it enforced?2. Are they allowed to form a union and negotiate with bargaining rights?3. Are there children working somewhere in back room?4. Are they provided medical insurance and insurance for accidents?5. Do they have benefits like free child care or nursery on site? (All companies I worked for in US, Canada and Russia have those, not that I needed one).What you see is nicely made PR video and you all melted down out off your own sense of superiority - "look we are giving them bread to the table". Have you ever visited places like this yourself as an "insider" so you can see what really is going on?

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2013, 12:52:59 am
content: Quote from: Alexei.Polkhanov on October 13, 2013, 08:20:10 pmAnswer me this :Do you have a smartphone . Of ANY kind ?Do you have a personal computer ? of any kind ?Do you have anything in the house that says 'Made in china , Made in Vietnam , Made in Thailand ?Then you are part of the problem...

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2013, 02:44:13 am
content: Quote from: Alexei.Polkhanov on October 13, 2013, 08:20:10 pmHave you? Just because the plant is based on a "Third world" country (or the more modern term "Developing country") does it mean that everything always have to be screwed up? Any answer to any of your questions by simply looking at the video is pure speculation.I visited many manufacturing plants and I know examples that go way beyond the first impression - "huts" that payed incredible respect for their employees and shiny factories full of labor problems. Also, benefits greatly vary by country and culture (public health system and family organization affect that) and menial jobs exist in all countries of the world - and they don't pay well when compared to the local standard of living.If the company is increasing the local economy, giving a sense of realization to workers (as part of the "high tech" electronics industry) and beating the lack of perspective, that is a feat - OTOH, lack of perspective to young adults can be seen in 94 elements'Copper episode).Quote from: free_electron on October 14, 2013, 12:52:59 amBetter yet: anybody that wears clothes is part of the problem.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2013, 02:45:12 am
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on October 14, 2013, 02:44:13 amI tried to tell them that, but they're not buying it.

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2013, 08:22:37 am
content: I spent years on that subcontinent. Some of you would not be expressing your thoughts of exceptionalism if you understood more.When I want an exact current output for my led lights, I measure out resistance wire to use as the sense resistance for the driver and can get the exact output I want instantly without having to deal with smd resistors galore.Constantin, cupron, manganin, spools of it in different gauges, feet of manganin flatbar too.Dialing up any resistance value in no time at all.