Old resistors.

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#1 Old resistors.

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Someone gave me a useful quantity of Radiospares Hystab resistors.
Obviously quite old.
Is there any reason not to use them. They don't age like some caps, do they?
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If anything I would have expected them to be more stable. MJ talks about baking WW resistors to "age" them.
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No reason I can see tho' i'd measure them before you use them....

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Thanks.
I have measured a few and they're very close to their values.
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