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Resistor Tolerance & E-Series Guide

This document discusses resistor tolerance and E-series values. It provides tables listing common resistor values for the E6, E12, E24, and E96 series with their corresponding tolerance levels of ±20%, ±10%, ±5%, and ±1%. It also includes information about resistor color codes and how the fourth band indicates tolerance as a percentage, with examples for silver, gold, red, and brown tolerance bands.

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Resistor Tolerance & E-Series Guide

This document discusses resistor tolerance and E-series values. It provides tables listing common resistor values for the E6, E12, E24, and E96 series with their corresponding tolerance levels of ±20%, ±10%, ±5%, and ±1%. It also includes information about resistor color codes and how the fourth band indicates tolerance as a percentage, with examples for silver, gold, red, and brown tolerance bands.

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esistor Tolerance and E-series Table

E6 Series at ±20% Tolerance – Resistors values in Ω

1.0, 1.5, 2.2, 3.3, 4.7, 6.8

E12 Series at ±10% Tolerance – Resistors values in Ω

1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.2, 2.7, 3.3, 3.9, 4.7, 5.6, 6.8, 8.2

E24 Series at ±5% Tolerance – Resistors values in Ω

1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 3.0,
3.3, 3.6, 3.9, 4.3, 4.7, 5.1, 5.6, 6.2, 6.8, 7.2, 8.2, 9.1

E96 Series at ±1% Tolerance – Resistors values in Ω

1.00, 1.02, 1.05, 1.07, 1.10, 1.13, 1.15, 1.18, 1.21, 1.24, 1.27, 1.30, 1.33, 1.37,
1.40, 1.43, 1.47, 1.50, 1.54, 1.58, 1.62, 1.65, 1.69, 1.74, 1.78, 1.82, 1.87, 1.91,
1.96, 2.00, 2.05, 2.10, 2.15, 2.21, 2.26, 2.32, 2.37, 2.43, 2.49, 2.55, 2.61, 2.67,
2.74, 2.80, 2.87, 2.94, 3.01, 3.09, 3.16, 3.24, 3.32, 3.40, 3.48, 3.57, 3.65, 3.74,
3.83, 3.92, 4.02, 4.12, 4.22, 4.32, 4.42, 4.53, 4.64, 4.75, 4.87, 4.99, 5.11, 5.23,
5.36, 5.49, 5.62, 5.76, 5.90, 6.04, 6.19, 6.34, 6.49, 6.65, 6.81, 6.98, 7.15, 7.32,
7.50, 7.68, 7.87, 8.06, 8.25, 8.45, 8.66, 8.87, 9.09, 9.31, 9.53, 9.76
Electronics
Colour Code

Colour Number

Black 0

Brown 1

Red 2

Orange 3

Yellow 4

Green 5

Blue 6

Violet 7

Grey 8

White 9

Tolerance of resistors
The tolerance of a resistor is shown by the fourth band of the colour code.
Tolerance is the precisionof the resistor and it is given as a percentage.
For example a 390  resistor with a tolerance of ±10% will have a value within 10% of
390 , between 390 - 39 = 351  and 390 + 39 = 429  (39 is 10% of 390).
A special colour code is used for the fourth band tolerance:

 silver ±10%
 gold ±5%
 red ±2%
 brown ±1%
 If no fourth band is shown the tolerance is ±20%

Tolerance may be ignored for almost all circuits because a precise resistor value is
rarely required and where it is a variable resistor will usually be used.

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