5 Band Resistor How To Read

Reading a resistors tolerance.

5 band resistor how to read. To figure out how far off from the nominal value the actual resistance could be you look at the fourth band on a standard resistor or the fifth band on a precision resistor. Say that the fourth band of the 470 omega resistor. 5 band resistor color code calculator.

E represents the 5 th significant digit which is the fifth band color of resistor and this is the tolerance value of resistor. How to read 5 band resistor the first second and third band from left represent the first second and third significant digit of resistance. Meaning of tolerance band the fifth band represents the tolerance of the resistor.

Resistors never start with a metallic band on the left. So according to the formula the resistance will be. You find difficult to remember the color codes on the bands will be like this.

Position the resistor with this band on the right side and again read your resistor from left to right. Basic resistor values range from 01 ohm to 10 megaohms. This tool is used to decode information for color banded axial lead resistors.

Green 5 brown 1 violet 7 way is the extra space between the two bands 3rd 10. Refer to the preceding figure for the color code for the tolerance of a resistor. The tolerance is the range that the resistors actual value could be.

A 6 band color code resistor consists of 6 color bands. The fourth band is a multiplier. To learn the resistive values for each color band read on.

152 1 152 ohms with 5 tolerance. For example a gold band indicates that the actual resistance of the resistor will be within 5 percent of the value indicated by the coding. Select the number of bands then their colors to determine the value and tolerance of the resistors or view all resistors digi key has to offer.

Finally the last band represents the possible tolerance of value. Lets take an example of a 5 band resistor with the colors given in the above image brown green red black and gold. On the 4 band color coded resistor the bands are read the same way except you take away the first band from the 5 band color coded resistor.

The 5th color band on the right side represent the tolerance of the resistor and the 6th color band represents the tcr temperature co efficient of resistance. If you have a resistor with a gold or silver band on one end you have a 5 or 10 tolerance resistor.