Originally Posted by alan rainbow
you can read it by the bands on it or with a multimeter as neil says

colour banding

you never built a pcb Board
http://www.csgnetwork.com/resistcolcalc.html
star site
i used to work for otis pcb
making them
they are used in high rise tower lifts
we where always pissed on a friday afternoon
NEVER GET INTO A FRIDAY LIFT
DONT WORRY THE LSD will catch ya sometimes