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Week8 Resistor Color Code

The document describes the 4-band resistor color code system which uses colored bands to indicate the value and tolerance of a resistor. It lists the colors and their corresponding digits and multipliers, and provides examples of codes and their resistor values.

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Week8 Resistor Color Code

The document describes the 4-band resistor color code system which uses colored bands to indicate the value and tolerance of a resistor. It lists the colors and their corresponding digits and multipliers, and provides examples of codes and their resistor values.

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4-Band Resistor Color Code

First Digit Band


Second Digit Band
Multiplier Band (number of zeros)
Tolerance Band

First Digit Second Digit Multiplier Tolerance Color


# of Zeros

0 no zeros Black

1 1 1 zero Brown

2 2 2 zeros 2% Red

3 3 3 zeros Orange

4 4 4 zeros Yellow

5 5 5 zeros Green

6 6 6 zeros Blue

7 7 7 zeros Violet

8 8 n/a Grey

9 9 n/a White

x 0.1 5% Gold

x 0.01 10% Silver


Examples:

1 0 0 5% 2 2 00 10% 5 6 0000 5%

Brown - Black - Brown - Gold Red - Red - Red - Silver Green - Blue - Yellow - Gold
1 0 0 5% 2 2 00 10% 5 6 0000 5%

100 Ω +/- 5% 2,200 Ω (2.2K) +/-10% 560,000 Ω (560K) +/- 5%

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