Quickly sorting resistors

How to sort a batch of resistors?

I received a batch of about 200 resistors from the E24 serie (3 bands) that I want to sort. Here is a solution for a quick sort:

  1. Make a first sort according to the multiplier coefficient

    This is usually the 3rd band, but maybe the 4th or 5th for the E48 or E96 series.

      For this value, we find the following colors:
    • black = × 10⁰ = × 1
    • brown = × 10¹ = × 10
    • red = × 10² = × 100
    • orange = × 10³ = × 1000 (× 1k)
    • yellow = × 10⁴ = × 10,000 (× 10k)
    • green = × 10⁵ = × 100,000 (× 100k)
    • blue = × 10⁶ = × 1,000,000 (× 1M)
    • purple = × 10⁷ = × 10,000,000 (× 10M)
    • gray = × 10⁸ = × 100,000,000 (× 100M)
    • white = × 10⁹ = × 1,000,000,000 (× 1G)
    I ended up with 5 piles, having no value beyond 1M.
  2. Make a second sort according to the first band
    • black = 0
    • brown = 1
    • red = 2
    • orange = 3
    • yellow = 4
    • green = 5
    • blue = 6
    • purple = 7
    • gray = 8
    • white = 9
    Each pile was divided into 10 sub-heaps, with more or less items in each (sometimes none).

  3. Make the last sort according to the second band.

To store the resistors, I use small plastic bags that I group into larger bags: 1 to 90 ohms, 100 to 999 ohms, etc. The bags are then stored in plastic jars with a wide opening. Three jars are enough to store several thousand resistors...

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