A Signal Question

[TrainsRMe1]

Hey Guys n Gals,                                                                                                       I have a question for you guys, I know I  use  1K 1/4WATT resistors for my combo house signals from NJ international, now here's the problem, I wanted to move my signals to a new location, in the process I cut some resistors in half, now I found some resistors that have, they have  YELLOW, PURPLE, BROWN, and GOLD bands, I don't know the bands, would these resistors work with my signals???                                                 Thank You for help with this matter, TRAINSRME

[gmpullman]

Here is a handy workaround:

 

https://www.digikey.com/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-resistor-color-code-4-band

If you have even a basic Volt-ohm meter you can read across the leads and get a good idea of the value as well. 

Purple is actually Violet BTW  The resistor you have looks like a 5% 470Ω.

Hope that helps, Ed

[rrinker]

If you are feeding the signals with 12V, the 470 ohm won't be enough. Luckily resistors are cheap. You can buy them from Amazon even.

                            --Randy